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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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George had lived there for eight years, while Cookie, a chronically ill stray, appeared around 2020.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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However, some people at standard risk of COVID-19 will get seriously ill from the infection, and some will die from it.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 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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In fact, Evans’ plotline as the corrupt Reverend Drew essentially runs parallel to Qualley’s and the lack of intersection is a curious oversight.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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Bruce Springsteen called the Trump administration 'corrupt, incompetent and treasonous.' Bruce Springsteen didn't back down.—
Chris Jordan,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Men and women respond to the Nazi dictatorship by becoming, at best, evasive and feebly self-justifying, at worst, morally broken.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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Glorifying motherhood, meanwhile, in practical terms, may only make mothers’ daily lives worse.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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The sympathetic throw them pretzel chunks, the disgusted kick their way through their sidewalk confabs, and even the agnostic cover their heads when passing below their subway platform roosts.—
Sarah Maslin Nir,
New York Times,
3 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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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 29 May. 2025.
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