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sicken

[sik-uhn] / ˈsɪk ən /


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So it’s in our best interest to study and monitor anything that can spread quickly and sicken or kill folks.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

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

Donay tells the central guard I will sicken if he does not give me cardboard.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

I'm a massive fan of Unai Emery but the Ollie Watkins thing sickens you a bit, he was really let down by his striker last week.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

“The sight of a wound or scar always agitates and sickens me,” she said.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

The E. coli 0157 outbreak has sickened at least nine children, the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

"I am appalled and sickened by Brand's actions and have co-operated fully and voluntarily with the investigation and endeavoured to assist as best I can," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Thousands of Indonesians protested in Jakarta and other cities Wednesday against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires emitting a toxic haze that has sickened thousands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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

It sickened Scruggs that one of the life-giving things he’d done had turned into a disaster.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Indonesian schoolchildren prayed for rain on Thursday as another firefighter lost his life battling drought-fuelled blazes consuming forests and peatlands and blanketing parts of Southeast Asia in a sickening haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 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

It looks nice, normal, and as I watch them I have a sickening feeling that Scott and I will not bring our daughter here to play.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins


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