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Recent Examples of altitude sickness
More serious altitude sickness shows up as shortness of breath even with minimal exertion, along with swelling in the hands and face.
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Morayo Ogunbayo, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Given its altitude exceeding 13,146 ft (4,000-plus meters) above sea level, precautions need to be taken to guard against altitude sickness.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
In extreme cases, when the brain swells and lungs fill with fluid, severe altitude sickness can be fatal.
—Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Hiking - Hiking trail levels run the gamut, but can include dangerous terrain, altitude sickness and potentially getting injured in the remote wilderness.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Morayo Ogunbayo, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Given its altitude exceeding 13,146 ft (4,000-plus meters) above sea level, precautions need to be taken to guard against altitude sickness.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
In extreme cases, when the brain swells and lungs fill with fluid, severe altitude sickness can be fatal.
—Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Hiking - Hiking trail levels run the gamut, but can include dangerous terrain, altitude sickness and potentially getting injured in the remote wilderness.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altitude sickness
Noun
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Some cats can get motion sickness riding in cars, sometimes caused by stress and anxiety.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Barrière’s motion sickness patch, while not the first on the market, is also part of the Walmart launch.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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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
Noun
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For some, the trip means dealing with car sickness.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Nov. 2025
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Unlike Eirina, another orangutan at the zoo, Hesty did not have extreme morning sickness that required daily cups of tea.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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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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“Altitude sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altitude%20sickness. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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