sick
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He was sick almost every other week and missed birthday parties, playdates and holidays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Thomas Markle, who is now reportedly in a rehab centre in Florida, told the Daily Mail the allegations against him were "sick lies".
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
“My birth mother did nothing to protect me. I’ve always known that she was deeply sick and unwell,” Acton wrote on Tuesday in a Facebook post responding to the ad.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Prosecutors say Chowdhury "exploited" the work-from-home culture which began during the Covid-19 pandemic to hide his multiple jobs and took sick leave from some employers to manage the workload.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Although sick, she is full of life and smiles, and I know she will accomplish what she has set out to do.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Raad was the sicker of the two - his ribs visible and his chest heaving as he took rapid, shallow breaths.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I was getting sicker and sicker,” he told People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
When Michael Borg, town manager of North Attleborough, Mass., saw that its insurance costs had triggered a $1.8 million deficit, he assumed the town’s employees must be getting sicker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
It means the elderly people who stay in homes with too few staff end up sicker, and have to go and stay in the hospital for longer.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
And he left the bathroom without another word, leaving Harry to stare into the cracked mirror, feeling sicker, he was sure, than Ron had ever felt in his life.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Those potential costs led many state Medicaid programs and some health plans to restrict coverage of the drug to the sickest patients.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bed-and-breakfast hotels turned into cheap boardinghouses, attracting Britain’s sickest and poorest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
County public health officials painted a grim picture of what life looks like for the poorest and sickest residents if new money doesn’t flow into the system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
As a result of declaring the critical incident, the trust will now rearrange some elective procedures to create capacity for the sickest patients.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Each time we did, however, the youngest and the sickest got their bread and tea first.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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