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Recent Examples of airsickness
Truitt attended the Air Force Academy to earn her undergraduate degree, but experiencing bouts of airsickness on military planes led her to explore a different path.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airsickness
Noun
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What is the worst cruise cabin location for seasickness?—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Raimi shows an even higher threshold for gross-out humor — no small feat, considering Östlund’s epic seasickness sequence.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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Tablets like Dramamine take up almost no space in your bag, but there are plenty of alternatives, too, like ginger chews or motion sickness patches.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
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Still, here’s one that those with a propensity to motion sickness may want to take a pass on.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Use this after a night of one too many cocktails, or simply add to your in-flight water to prevent dehydration or mountain sickness.—
Krista Simmons,
Sunset Magazine,
4 July 2024
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These researchers would like to pave the way to therapies for chronic mountain sickness, but first need to better define what living and working at this altitude does to human bodies.—
STAT staff,
STAT,
24 Dec. 2019
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In 2014, Lady Gaga got altitude sickness while in Denver for a concert.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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More serious altitude sickness shows up as shortness of breath even with minimal exertion, along with swelling in the hands and face.—
Morayo Ogunbayo,
AJC.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For some, the trip means dealing with car sickness.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Nov. 2025
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In the 1960s, Thalidomide, a drug marketed for morning sickness, left children around the world with irreversible birth defects; the United States avoided such a fate thanks to the FDA’s oversight.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Rose recommended ginger and cinnamon, for morning sickness, and lemon balm, for postpartum depression.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Airsickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airsickness. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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