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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

“Even without a H5N1 outbreak in cows, raw milk is not safe because of bacteria that can severely sicken people,” Jetelina said.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2024

Yet Leeuwenhoek never had the faintest suspicion that some of his "animalcules" caused humans to sicken and to die.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

“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

“It’s shameful. It’s sickens you to your core.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

“It sickens me when I look at this great Exposition to think that it will be allowed to crumble to dust,” he said.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The resulting haze has sickened hundreds of thousands in Indonesia and reached as far as Malaysia, Singapore and East Timor.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The outbreak, the largest recorded cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history, sickened nearly 13,000 people across 21 states, hospitalizing 570 and killing two.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

She felt betrayed, and sickened, but did not immediately end the relationship.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The massive diarrhea-causing parasitic outbreak that sickened tens of thousands of people across 21 states over the summer has ended, though officials continue to investigate the cause of contamination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

It sickened Shukumar, knowing that she had spent these past evenings preparing for a life without him.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Indonesia experiences fires every dry season, but this year's blazes have been particularly severe, sickening hundreds of thousands of people locally and spiking air pollution in neighbouring countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

Market volatility has erased some funds’ value with sickening speed—most famously 2018’s “Volmageddon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

He had coolly—some even said coldly—stood firm during the terrible onslaught of the myxomatosis, ruthlessly driving out every rabbit who seemed to be sickening.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams