motion sickness

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Recent Examples of motion sickness The issue with motion sickness comes as a result of the journey to get there, which, from South America, means crossing the Drake Passage on a two-day sail. Will McGough, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 The effect is a kind of motion sickness, some problem with the inner inner ear. Laurence Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 Still others came together as people who suffered from motion sickness. John Yoon, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024 Blocking Reading Glasses Dizziness and motion sickness can be attributed to migraines, and my dizziness is most prominent when looking at my phone or computer screen. Madison Yauger, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for motion sickness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motion sickness
Noun
  • Use this after a night of one too many cocktails, or simply add to your in-flight water to prevent dehydration or mountain sickness.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 4 July 2024
  • By Martin Enserink, Science Photography by Tom Bouyer, Expedition 5300 Journalist Martin Enserink journeyed high into the Andes to write about research into the effects of chronic mountain sickness — traveling, effectively, into thin air.
    STAT staff, STAT, 24 Dec. 2019
Noun
  • Their mothers, on doctors’ orders, had taken thalidomide during pregnancy to stop morning sickness.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The numbers made the Corby scandal the biggest child poisoning case since thalidomide, a drug that was marketed in the 1950s and '60s as a treatment for morning sickness and insomnia.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Fischer also died from exposure as he was said to have been overcome with severe altitude sickness.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Ibuprofen Ibuprofen can also be taken to prevent altitude sickness.
    Ross Phan, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BCPS, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Christie suffered from acute seasickness, unfortunate considering her trips to each continent were by ship.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Even so, seasickness bags appeared in stairwells and public areas.
    Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024

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“Motion sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20sickness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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