as in to come down (with)
to become affected with (a disease or disorder)
a number of the passengers on the cruise ship had sickened with food poisoning
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Five hours before the puck dropped, the get-in price was $239 for a ticket in the top row of the arena.—
Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026 -
Both Ponds and Glenn were undersized cornerbacks who both love to get physical.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Rushing declined to say exactly what the cameras caught him saying.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Funny enough, the Mets’ eighth inning started with Soto getting caught stealing.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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In July of 2024, as fighting raged in Khartoum, a Sudanese weapons broker WhatsApped Mafi to contract a shipment of Qods Mohajer-6 drones — the same ones Iran has long supplied Russia in its war in Ukraine, according to the complaint.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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In anticipation, Kolluri said, NJ Transit had bumped up the maintenance schedules on a slew of its passenger cars and contracted hundreds of buses to be on standby in the event of problems with the rail lines along the Northeast Corridor.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Sicken (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicken%20%28with%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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