The stresses related to this unforeseen opposition culminated in a dire illness for Anne.

But who would, after the days of dire illness she had just endured?

And when such dire illness afflicts a baby in a poor family, life doesn't just change, it all but unravels.

True to his essence as a Survivor, he valiantly fought a dire illness for two years before passing away at the age of 76.

He seemed to expect to hear of an incarceration or dire illness.

Publishers Weekly wrote "Perkins's engaging tale provides valuable inspiration for others struggling to return to an active life after a dire illness."

By 1976 she had faith enough to write a prayer for her husband during a dire illness.

Heart failure affects more than five million Americans, and it is a dire illness.

It means simply that officials could legally deport them, but for compelling humanitarian reasons, like dire illness, they are allowed to stay.

Those doctors, he added, engender fear in women who are told they have a dire illness and also may sometimes harm them through their treatments.