SICKENS (WITH) Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

sickens (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of sicken (with)

as in comes 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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In the city of Mashhad in northeast Iran, there's a natural history museum associated with local Ferdowsi University that gets all manner of donations, including animals that died in the road and injured birds.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 17 July 2026
January 20 – February 18 Fun gets easier when the money boundary is not pretending to be flexible.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

Definition of gets

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The interiors are purposefully focused around the driver, and the integrated gear-change gate beneath the floating dashboard immediately catches your eye.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 July 2026
What catches our attention are the breakouts from multi-month and multi-year trading ranges.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Definition of catches

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The federal regulator argued that the sports event contracts the markets offer are more similar to grain futures than to sports wagers, giving it exclusive jurisdiction.

— Maggie Dougherty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Cassidy has been looking into the 340B program for years, including an investigation into the company that contracts with the government to be the program’s vendor and a hearing in October.

— John Wilkerson, STAT, 25 June 2026

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