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sickness

[sik-nis] / ˈsɪk nɪs /


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Four people were hospitalised and there were more than 140 confirmed cases of sickness and diarrhoea during the 54-day incident in May 2024.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

In reality, she is prone to motion sickness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

They’ll be using their current experience to do so, including the higher sickness and death rates they’re seeing thanks to a higher uninsured or underinsured population.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

It has been used to treat West African sleeping sickness, a chronic illness spread by the tsetse fly.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Part of this hospital was especially for those with the atom bomb sickness.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr




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