variants
also sick
as in to attack
to take sudden, violent action against
commanded the attack dogs to "sic 'em"
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Recent Examples of sic
The current Republican Party is a big tent coalition compromised (sic) of many former Democrats.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
The cruise was due to visit the German city of Hamburg on day three of the trip, Rotterdam in the Netherlands on days five and sic, and Zeebrugge in Belgium on day seven, before returning to Southampton on day eight (Saturday), according to an itinerary on travel website Iglu Cruise.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Loading your audio article A Georgia man who blew up a woman’s home and planned to sic a python on her child will spend 20 years in federal prison.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
This will effect [sic] people differently, so reach out, and offer to help.
—EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
The cruise was due to visit the German city of Hamburg on day three of the trip, Rotterdam in the Netherlands on days five and sic, and Zeebrugge in Belgium on day seven, before returning to Southampton on day eight (Saturday), according to an itinerary on travel website Iglu Cruise.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Loading your audio article A Georgia man who blew up a woman’s home and planned to sic a python on her child will spend 20 years in federal prison.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
This will effect [sic] people differently, so reach out, and offer to help.
—EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sic
Verb
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Every American should reject the president's and his cronies' illegitimate use of government power to attack his enemies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Korematsu was just 22 years old and working hard to expand his family’s flower nursery outside San Francisco when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.—
Lauren Stienstra,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Though Tut ruled for only a short time, this tomb was well concealed and, unlike most others, wasn’t raided.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
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His home was raided on August 5, 2024, where FBI agents found no evidence of the drug itself but did seize electronic items and demanded Reister take a urine test.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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The scalloped edges strike again in this rattan tray, which can hold decorative items like an oversized knot sculpture or serve as a mini drink station in your home office—something Open Door alum Kathy Hilton once suggested to her daughter Paris. .—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
21 Apr. 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said if Russia is genuinely ready to observe a full and unconditional ceasefire, Ukraine will mirror that approach and strike only in defense.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Apr. 2025
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According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Brittany Walker and Samuel Payton allegedly assaulted the victim, a 44-year-old man who uses a wheelchair, in a Detroit apartment on Jan. 29, FOX 2 Detroit reported.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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After speaking to witnesses and reviewing video surveillance, investigators found that three men allegedly assaulted the cab driver and stole his personal belongings after refusing to pay their fare, Podgorski said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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James River Phillips, 20, was arrested Thursday by the FBI Cincinnati Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and charged with possession of an unregistered gun and possession of a destructive device.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Five months after Trump touted Vulcan in the Oval Office, the D.O.J. charged the fourteen leaders of MS-13.—
Danielle Mackey,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Many colorful details of the scene — a 17-year-old boy possibly mistaken for a Beatle was mobbed by the crowd while crossing 42nd street — were cut for space between editions.—
John Otis,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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Her teammates then mobbed her with a huge celebration for her first goal.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The first was a retweet of a posting by Secretary of State Marco Rubio just hours after Zelensky was publicly assailed by Trump and his deputy JD Vance at a meeting in the White House at the end of February.—
Andrew Carey and Victoria Butenko,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
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No peace or strength One lie that Trump has chosen to assail Canada is that the country is a kingpin in the fentanyl trade that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year.—
Andreas Kluth,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Sic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sic. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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