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Recent Examples of altitude sickness
Hiking - Hiking trail levels run the gamut, but can include dangerous terrain, altitude sickness and potentially getting injured in the remote wilderness.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
One hiker died from hypothermia and altitude sickness and 213 others were evacuated from the rugged region since Sunday.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The man managed to communicate to his partner that he was lost, but was clearly suffering from altitude sickness.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Fighting altitude sickness, sunburn, rain and hail, Cai and his fireworks team spent more than a week setting up the explosion trails — aided by drones that ran uphill 600-plus times, waterproof firework pots were placed at various points along the 3,000-meter pathway.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
One hiker died from hypothermia and altitude sickness and 213 others were evacuated from the rugged region since Sunday.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The man managed to communicate to his partner that he was lost, but was clearly suffering from altitude sickness.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Fighting altitude sickness, sunburn, rain and hail, Cai and his fireworks team spent more than a week setting up the explosion trails — aided by drones that ran uphill 600-plus times, waterproof firework pots were placed at various points along the 3,000-meter pathway.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altitude sickness
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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
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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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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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“Altitude sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altitude%20sickness. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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