sickened

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said on Friday she was "sickened" by the case, adding: "The crime could hardly be graver, yet the punishment was no punishment at all."

From BBC • May 24, 2026

That outbreak sickened at least 28,616 people and killed another 11,310; it was of concern because it impacted highly mobile groups of people.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Three people on a cruise ship have died from what authorities believe is an infection with hantavirus, which is spread by rodents, while three others have been sickened, the World Health Organization said Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Its business took a hit when it served tainted food that sickened more than 1,100 people in the U.S. from 2015 to 2018.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

The men within it had been battered, thrown about, sickened, made well again, each in his turn.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury