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• v  be ill or unwell
• v  cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
• s  somewhat ill or prone to illness
  my poor ailing grandmother

• For it was the game's best reliever, Oakland's Dennis Eckersley, protecting a one-run lead with a runner on against the Dodgers' ailing MVP, Kirk Gibson, who volunteered to pinch .
• The richest man in Asia built a global empire out of an ailing British conglomerate.
• Some of Tokyo's top financial companies, seeking to expand internationally, are scooping up their ailing American competitors.

• ail
• trouble
• pain
• indisposed
• peaked
• poorly
• sickly
• unwell
• under the weather
• seedy

News & Articles

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• White House concerned about ailing Mandela's health, wishes him a 'speedy recovery'
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is wishing for a "speedy recovery" for ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela. The 94-year-old Mandela is currently in a Johannesburg hospital, receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection.
  June 11, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Obama wishes 'speedy recovery' for ailing Mandela
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is wishing for a "speedy recovery" for ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela.
  June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Prayers urged for ailing Mandela; report says family bars visitors
  PRETORIA, South Africa, June 10 (UPI) -- A South African leader asked for prayers for ailing civil rights icon Nelson Mandela whose family reportedly banned visitors because they're a "distraction."
  June 10, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Carlos Boozer in Salt Lake Tribune
  He has the same mentality,Boozer said. "That's the biggest thing about Kobe Bryant. He has the same mind-set no matter what's ailing on his body."
• President Bush in Washington Post
  The Syrian regime should immediately free all political prisoners, including Aref Dalila, Michel Kilo, Anwar al-Bunni, Mahmoud Issa, and Kamal Labwani,Bush said. "I am deeply troubled by reports that some ailing political prisoners are...