ache
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Still, her transformation of Parton’s clouded sunshine into a feral ache is stunning.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
"It's tough work... the hardest part is carrying the seaweed back. It's very heavy and your shoulders ache afterwards."
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Arnaldi described how he became ill on Thursday night, waking up with stomach ache at about 1am.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
In men, those white blood cells are more likely to produce a pain-resolving molecule that can quickly quell the ache, according to a recent study in the journal Science Immunology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
I groaned as the heavy ache in my limbs crawled into my spine, seizing my lungs in an icy grip.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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“There’s something fun about conflating the physical aches and pains of middle age with the more metaphysical aches and pains of middle age,” says Tropper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Suede frontman Brett Anderson describes the band's 10th album as "broken music for broken people", and the music aches for connection in a technological age that feels increasingly disconnected.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
About 20% of infected people will develop mild symptoms such as a fever, body aches and nausea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Common symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, and abdominal pain.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
There is so much good here that she aches.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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She wrote that her heart ached most looking at a poster her three children made when they were young.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Before Edward and Bella took over the world, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” viewers ached for David Boreanaz’s Angel and James Marsters’ Spike, centuries-old bros who fall for a very special high school blonde.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Those ached more than stung and left me completely voiceless for the following 24 hours.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Then as now, I wanted to watch movies until my knees ached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Every muscle in her body ached as she pushed herself to run down the last hallway, back to her exit point.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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By the second day, her neck was aching and she was taking migraine medication to ward off headaches caused by intense microscope light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
As the Aedes aegypti mosquito expanded its range across more of the Americas, it brought with it the delirium, jaundice, and aching joints of yellow fever.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The painkiller is usually prescribed for relatively minor conditions, such as aching joints or people recovering from surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The morning after losing to Federer, an aching Willis limped to the shower at 4:30am to get ready for an interview on ITV's Good Morning Britain.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Ma was growing heavier and slipperier, and my arms were aching from holding on to her.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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