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Recent Examples of diseased
One of its ambassadors is a flightless turkey vulture that, in the wild, would be scavenging on diseased carcasses as part of nature’s hazmat crew.
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Never compost diseased plant material.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
State officials are asking anyone who believes their trees or greeneries are infested or diseased to call their Report a Pest line at 1-888-545-6684.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2025
How pine beetles work Pine beetles are native to Colorado and help thin out diseased and dying pine trees, creating more space for younger, healthier trees to thrive.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Never compost diseased plant material.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
State officials are asking anyone who believes their trees or greeneries are infested or diseased to call their Report a Pest line at 1-888-545-6684.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2025
How pine beetles work Pine beetles are native to Colorado and help thin out diseased and dying pine trees, creating more space for younger, healthier trees to thrive.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diseased
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To receive one of these designations from a doctor in this era was to be marked as unfit for society and a candidate for potential institution and sterilization.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
6 Dec. 2025
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Families of victims, human rights defenders and international bodies such as the UN have criticized the commissions for a lack of transparency, for being ineffective and ultimately unfit for delivering accountability.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Some Native Americans, caregivers for an incapacitated person, and people regularly attending drug or alcohol treatment programs may also qualify for exemptions, along with other specific cases noted in the guidance.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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For instance, an estranged child may have more legal authority over an incapacitated parent than their long-term but unmarried partner.—
Kahli Zietlow,
The Conversation,
18 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Now that the four astronauts are back on solid ground, medical professionals can better evaluate the condition of the ailing astronaut, NASA officials said.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Corey Perry exited the lineup anew, returning to the side of an ailing family member.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Julie Clark, a community education specialist for UCANR, recalled getting a call from a local forester who spotted an unhealthy-looking coast live oak while driving in Simi Hills’ Box Canyon.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Across studies, these health markers returned to unhealthy baseline levels an average of a year and a half after treatment ended.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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This leaves a sicker risk pool behind and drives premiums even higher for those who remain.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Humans who have prolonged close contact with sick or dead birds infected with HPAI are the most at risk of becoming infected.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Wendy Garrick is wealthy but unwell, and her husband Douglas is a walking red flag with his cold, controlling behavior.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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John of John, Stuart’s third novel, follows a closeted young art student returning to his childhood home in Scotland’s Hebrides islands, where his unwell grandmother and conservative lay preacher father live uneasily under the same roof.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Dunsmore attorneys argued in the petition for an injunction that keeping seriously mentally ill people in isolation for 23 hours a day or more is dangerous, leading them to become safety risks to themselves or others.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Indy played himself in Good Boy, which tells the story of a protective pooch trying to save his chronically ill owner Todd (Shane Jensen) from a supernatural entity that looms over their rural home.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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Beyond the feeling of betrayal, there was something else that irked Lasota: the idea that an organization that staked so much of its credibility on sound decision-making would make the fundamentally unsound decision of paying what Lasota viewed as blackmail.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
2 Dec. 2025
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The Badgers ran for 209 yards and three scores against the Illini, while an unsound Gophers defense gave up 220 and two TDs to the Wildcats.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Diseased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diseased. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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