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Recent Examples of airsickness
Truitt attended the Air Force Academy to earn her undergraduate degree, but experiencing bouts of airsickness on military planes led her to explore a different path.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airsickness
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The most harrowing experience of the crew’s Pacific crossing came a few days into the row when huge swells brought seasickness and harsh conditions.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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According to Clabbers, ocean crossings are more exposed to rough weather than coastal itineraries, making repositioning cruises a poor fit for travelers prone to seasickness.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her symptoms were diagnosed at the time as motion sickness, the charity said.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Tablets like Dramamine take up almost no space in your bag, but there are plenty of alternatives, too, like ginger chews or motion sickness patches.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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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
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These researchers would like to pave the way to therapies for chronic mountain sickness, but first need to better define what living and working at this altitude does to human bodies.—
STAT staff,
STAT,
24 Dec. 2019
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The outlet reported that, in the other scenario, guides and hotel staff, according to the CIB probe, have been coached to scare trekkers at high altitude, where altitude sickness can occur.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The idea took on fresh urgency when the six cofounders learned that their horseman’s wife had suffered life-threatening altitude sickness while harvesting cordyceps—despite living above 12,500 feet her entire life.—
Erin Levi,
Time,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For some, the trip means dealing with car sickness.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Nov. 2025
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In the 1960s, Thalidomide, a drug marketed for morning sickness, left children around the world with irreversible birth defects; the United States avoided such a fate thanks to the FDA’s oversight.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Rose recommended ginger and cinnamon, for morning sickness, and lemon balm, for postpartum depression.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Airsickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airsickness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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