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Many people sickened and died on the long voyage.
The bacteria in the drinking water sickened the whole village.
We were sickened by the reports of violence.
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Food has often been the source of norovirus outbreaks: at least 80 people were sickened by oysters at an event in California last December.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
At the peak of the polio wave in the United States, in 1952, the disease sickened nearly 60,000 people, leaving more than 21,000 paralyzed and killing more than 3,000.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Nearly 30 crew members sickened on small cruise ship.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
The Louisiana patient was sickened by the D1.1 strain of the bird flu virus, genetic sequencing by the CDC determined last month.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
At the peak of the polio wave in the United States, in 1952, the disease sickened nearly 60,000 people, leaving more than 21,000 paralyzed and killing more than 3,000.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Nearly 30 crew members sickened on small cruise ship.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
The Louisiana patient was sickened by the D1.1 strain of the bird flu virus, genetic sequencing by the CDC determined last month.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Sicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicken. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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