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sickened

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verb

past tense of sicken

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Recent Examples of sickened
Verb
Another brand of pet food sold exclusively at farmers markets in California tested positive for bird flu and is believed to have sickened five cats nearly a week after a similar incident was reported in Oregon. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025 Up to 5 cats sickened in California after bird flu found in another raw pet food brand Is norovirus common on cruise ships? Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025 More news to know now Up to 5 cats were sickened in California after bird flu was found in another raw pet food brand. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025 When the six travelers sickened there last fall and later died, the town made international news. Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 And in Hawaii, the virus caused a popular hiking spot to close after dozens of campers were sickened with the virus. Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024 Among other initiatives, the Carter Center oversaw efforts to conduct free and fair elections in dozens of countries in the developing world, and helped lead global efforts to eliminate Guinea worm disease, which spread through unfiltered drinking water and once sickened millions across Africa. Grace Segers, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024 Dexter has a panicked, sickened feeling after seeing his first dead kid, and the whole experience shakes him to his core. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024 Earlier this month, an event celebrating the top restaurants in Los Angeles left at least 80 people sickened with norovirus, which was linked to raw oysters, the county's Department of Public Health confirmed to ABC News. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickened
Adjective
  • King Charles and Kate Middleton were both diagnosed with cancer, with the King reportedly still very sick.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 20 June 2025
  • If Rob and Ryan are struck by lightning, get bored, fall out, get sick or lose a court case, will Wrexham look so transcendent?
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Feel that stretch in your shoulders, and in your capacity to still be shocked, six months into Trump’s second term.
    Jena Friedman, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
  • Matlin appears shocked but somewhat timid when Hurt, who presented her with the award after winning the previous year's Best Actor statue for Kiss of the Spider Woman, calls and then signs her name.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • From left: Bruno the cat takes an interested sniff at a banana, before pulling back and making a disgusted face.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • The bride was especially hurt by the groom's disgusted response to her appearance in front of all of their family members and friends.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Dexter is repulsed by the whole scene, and really who can blame him?
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In your garden, stink bugs can be a real bad problem...
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • But others are, at best, psychological signposts and, at worst, internet inside-jokes.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • As a woman, I am appalled by Michael Tanzi's outrageous actions.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • As an anti-capital punishment lawyer, I am appalled by what followed as well.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025

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