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hypochondriac
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An Airbus fuselage in mid-assembly, with white tarps strapped across its cockpit windows and nose, looks eerily like one of its would-be passengers, a hypochondriac hoping for a few hours of in-flight shut-eye.
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The young actor played the hypochondriac Detroit Red Wings fan after earning his first onscreen credit just three years prior in 1983's Bad Boys.
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“Valetudinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valetudinary. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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