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Recent Examples of motion sickness
On both ends, a luxury car service was arranged — with specific instructions for the driver about Bread’s motion sickness.
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Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
So when a person takes, say, a high dose of the motion sickness drug scopolamine — which blocks the effects of acetylcholine — things start to go awry.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
These results mean that by tracking the capsule motion and projecting it on a headset for the astronauts inside, our team may be able to reduce debilitating motion sickness by roughly half.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
More fluid and consistent movement can reduce the risk of motion sickness, which is beneficial.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
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Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
So when a person takes, say, a high dose of the motion sickness drug scopolamine — which blocks the effects of acetylcholine — things start to go awry.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
These results mean that by tracking the capsule motion and projecting it on a headset for the astronauts inside, our team may be able to reduce debilitating motion sickness by roughly half.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
More fluid and consistent movement can reduce the risk of motion sickness, which is beneficial.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motion sickness
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
Noun
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For some, the trip means dealing with car sickness.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Lopez experienced none of the usual pregnancy symptoms, such as morning sickness, and never felt kicks.—
LAURA UNGAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
28 Dec. 2025
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Severe Morning Sickness Relief Hyperemesis gravidarum is a severe form of morning sickness that affects up to 3 percent of pregnant people.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Besides some seasickness during a sailing lesson one morning — who can blame them?—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
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However, in the Great Lakes, strong winds can be coming from multiple directions at once, a big contributor to seasickness.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Motion sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20sickness. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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