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sicken

[sik-uhn] / ˈsɪk ən /


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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

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

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

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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