sicken
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The problem with this line is that unvaccinated children can sicken infants and immuno-compromised children who can’t be inoculated, leaving some disabled or worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Microplastics, along with ultra-tiny nanoplastics, can kill or severely sicken marine life before entering the food web and ultimately ending up on our plates.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Scotland driving at Greece's heart in a bid to sicken them again after sickening them at Hampden earlier in the group.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
One would think the viruses and bacteria that have tormented humanity since time immemorial would never find a friend in the species — human beings — they so routinely sicken and kill.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025
People especially steered their babies away from Cleofes, afraid that if he admired the kids or tickled them under their fat chins, the children would sicken and grow humps.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Morgan condemned the "mindless vandalism", saying "it is the cost to the community that sickens me the most".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Gossip is an evil that destroys social life, sickens people’s hearts and leads to nothing,” the 88-year-old pontiff admonished.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024
Influenza, or flu, sickens millions of people across the globe each year and can lead to severe illness and death.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
In the U.S. alone, the bug sickens thousands and kills hundreds every year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
The smell clings to my nostrils and sickens my belly.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Nearly 13,000 people across 21 states had been sickened, 570 hospitalized and two had died after an outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
An unusually large flare-up of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness caused by the cyclospora parasite, has sickened more than 10,000 people, according to the CDC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
It sickened me to wonder who had brought the cushion here, or who had been brought to it.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
The cyclospora outbreak has become the nation’s largest of its kind, sickening thousands of people.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
And I would be living within walking distance of a sickening number of farmers markets.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Oshea Orchid, a local lawyer, filed the first class-action lawsuit in 2023 against the operators of the county’s second-largest landfill, alleging the fumes were sickening her neighbors, causing headaches and heart palpitations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The Mexico striker could have died on the football pitch in November 2020 when a sickening head injury left him with a fractured skull.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Mama slams the lid down on the piano, creating a sickening wooden crack.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
