take sick

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You can also take sick leave when you’re mentally overwhelmed or exhausted or, for example, when you need time for routine dental care.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Blue flu is when a large number of police officers take sick leave as a form of protest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Ambulance technician Giles George said shift workers received up to 20% more on their pay which was lost for six weeks if they had to take sick leave.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023

Others in Ili posted online about being unable to take sick children to hospitals, as well as about the deaths of family members in lockdown.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

People didn’t just take sick like this for nothing.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston