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as in poorly
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
those coworkers who always seem to get sick immediately before or after long holiday weekends
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as in shocked
filled with disgust
it makes me sick to think of someone hurting a helpless animal
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as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
I'm sick of listening to this radio station
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as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
some people insisted that only a sick soul could write such books
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Recent Examples of sick
Until that point, the portrayal of eating disorders existed on only two extremes: the severely, almost-irredeemably sick, or the inspirational heroine.
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Sarah Aziza, People.com, 14 May 2025
In a miscellaneous sub-plotline, a man was caught stealing cash from a bank for the treatment of a sick Bulgarian woman.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Any time a bird gets sick, the entire flock is killed to help keep bird flu from spreading.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the test samples from sick patients were collected from December 2023 to September 2024.
—CBS News, 13 May 2025
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Sarah Aziza, People.com, 14 May 2025
In a miscellaneous sub-plotline, a man was caught stealing cash from a bank for the treatment of a sick Bulgarian woman.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Any time a bird gets sick, the entire flock is killed to help keep bird flu from spreading.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the test samples from sick patients were collected from December 2023 to September 2024.
—CBS News, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick
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The researchers and their partners are also working to track local residents’ health and to measure how well or poorly interventions like masks and household air filters protected them.—
Maggie Astor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.—
Adam Taylor,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2024
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While guest hosting Today with Jenna & Friends on Tuesday, May 20, Guthrie, 53, shared that her son Charley, 8, asked her not to come to his school's party, leaving her good friend Jenna Bush Hager, 43, shocked.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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So when Green’s ex reached out, unprompted, Green was shocked.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
Wired News,
19 May 2025
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Under federal securities laws, companies that make material misstatements or omissions in a stock prospectus or other financial representations can be found liable even without evidence of ill intent or bad faith.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Friendly females that lived in larger groups had more offspring but also tended to become ill more often.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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Some victims are already tired of fighting this fight.—
Ashley Belanger – May 19,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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Susan Shalabi was exhausted - tired of traveling halfway around the world from Amman to Asuncion, tired of fighting against the soccer establishment.—
Samindra Kunti,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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That included former interim U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who wrote in her resignation letter that Adams had entered into a corrupt quid pro quo with Trump to get rid of his case by offering immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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He has been banned for life from the city of Bonita Springs, having once sunk a corrupt city councilman’s party barge, but shows little remorse.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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Aid groups say the humanitarian crisis is worse than at any time in the 19-month war.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
Time,
11 May 2025
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Below, a few of my favorite books about bad mothering, from the benignly neglectful to the downright evil.—
Sarah Harman,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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People become even more disgusted with their leaders.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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Abby’s friends are nervous, even disgusted at this point, horrified at her capacity for violence.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Exotic varieties will die off or will revert to ordinary street pigeons in several generations if humans get bored with them and stop rebreeding them.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Everyone just standing, having just traveled, looking bored and couldn’t care less about the music.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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“Sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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