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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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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

“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

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

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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