1.   I just trying to shake this flu that I feel coming on.

2.   David Parsons would love to hole up for a few days and shake the flu that has vexed him since Thanksgiving weekend.

3.   Instead, he put fluids in his body and tried to shake a flu that ruined his Christmas.

4.   Laura Handy and Paul Binnebose, the third American team, withdrew because Binnebose has been unable to shake the flu.