sicken

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Recent Examples of sicken So far, people in two states have reported being sickened from the product, according to the FDA and the CDA. Minnesota (three people) New Jersey (one person) What pistachio cream is being recalled? Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 18 June 2025 Saturday’s outbreak update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 79 people have been sickened in this outbreak with 21 hospitalizations. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 26 people have been sickened in the outbreak across 15 states, with nine of them being hospitalized. Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 20 May 2025 Another outbreak in Alberta, Canada, has sickened 996 as of Thursday. Devi Shastri, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sicken
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicken
Verb
  • Many Americans are demonstrably disgusted, shamed, and angered by their tyrants, but mainstream literary and intellectual institutions seem unable or unwilling to give voice to them.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • Interestingly enough, by 1920 Jarvis was disgusted with how commercialized Mother's Day had become.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • In Liberia, especially, the Peace Corps volunteers were repulsed by the ways that Americo-Liberians — the descendants of the Black Americans who founded the country — oppressed indigenous ethnic groups.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
  • After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack went crawling back to Bliss.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Spielberg imagined it as a noise that has the power to appall.
    David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2025
  • Still, there is plenty here that should appall both Democrats and Republicans.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The authors report that no human subjects were nauseated by this study.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Based on the first novella in Martha Wells’ book series, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 July 2025
  • Animal lovers were moved and horrified by the rescue of a tiny orange kitten, found with a broken glass jar around his neck.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025

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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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