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ache

[ayk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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Ella can't remember when she first started grinding her teeth at night, but she can vividly recall the excruciating jaw ache, the headaches, and being told her molars were disappearing.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

Good TV is the product of many hands working harmoniously to merge visuals, writing and performance into stories that breathe, laugh and ache along with you.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

Her head swam with fatigue; the sunlight glittering off the water made her eyes ache.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

"Even inside the house, the smoke gets in. Honestly, since the haze, my body aches, as if I've been beaten up. The immune system is down. I get coughs and colds easily."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

That is, until a few hours later when those uncomfortable muscle aches start setting in.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The daughter of another medbed believer recalled her mother’s words: We won’t have those aches and pains anymore; your dad’s heart will be better.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

So, does that mean Ohtani feels like he could be more up-front with the team about his physical well-being, regardless of whether he thinks he can play through aches and pains?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

I have my aches and pains, like everyone.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

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

Quiroz, on the advice of a therapist, cried with him, explaining that she, too, ached with pain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Those ached more than stung and left me completely voiceless for the following 24 hours.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

His joints had ached for rest since Gingersnipes had knocked on his door.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Some go their whole lives searching for it, aching to find where they belong, or what gives them purpose.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

“That innocuous little essay untangled some aching knot inside me,” she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

It seemed like the set was closing with “In the Dark,” an aching ballad from their Venturing side project, plainly declaring “I still dream of us” through a fog of effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

And then, blessedly, there was the turning up ahead—right, and he took it, and rose aching to his feet.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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