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
An infected flea, although rare, can sicken pets, which are vulnerable to the disease, Chopra said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Then she remembered about his own children; how most of them had been born but to sicken and die before they grew up.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Domoic acid is a toxin produced by algae and typically sickens animals that feed on open-ocean fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It sickens me that it could have been prevented," she says.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
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
And that are media continues to ignore/dismiss a very obvious reality sickens me.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2023
The smell clings to my nostrils and sickens my belly.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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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
"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
Neither is responsible for the outbreak, and Sweetgreen’s customers haven’t even been sickened, but that doesn’t matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Why then did these screams fill me with a shocked and sickened sorrow?
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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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
English gymnast Gabriel Langton has been cleared of serious injury after a sickening fall at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
There are also challenges for local businesses, which say customers are staying away because the stench is so sickening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Bright-green mist spews from their bases with a sickening hiss.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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