take sick
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You can also take sick leave when you’re mentally overwhelmed or exhausted or, for example, when you need time for routine dental care.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Blue flu is when a large number of police officers take sick leave as a form of protest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Ambulance technician Giles George said shift workers received up to 20% more on their pay which was lost for six weeks if they had to take sick leave.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2023
Vicks ran miserable ads with lines like “moms don’t take sick days” and variations saying the same of dads, bridesmaids and winter Olympians.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
People didn’t just take sick like this for nothing.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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