ache
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"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
Mr. Barragán, a reporter and researcher for the New York Times based in Madrid, is good on the small ache that makes the whole enterprise possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
"We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home."
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Her head swam with fatigue; the sunlight glittering off the water made her eyes ache.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Others will experience mild symptoms such as fever, body aches and nausea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The researchers emphasized that their work focuses only on serious muscle disorders that result in hospital admission or death, not the milder muscle aches and pains that some people experience.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Mulligan considered the aches, pains and blisters a small price for the “mingled sensations of camaraderie, achievement and wonder at Manhattan’s astonishing array of sights.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Her father, for his part, recalled how it felt to come down with hantavirus, causing body aches and a bitter taste that even made sipping water unpleasant.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
She smiles with a flash of teeth, and there’s a sparkle in her eye that’s so familiar it aches.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
"My heart ached, and I could only pray: 'God, please don't let that happen.'"
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
He ached to become speaker of the House, but when Spiro Agnew resigned the vice presidency in disgrace in October 1973, President Richard Nixon was compelled by the 25th Amendment to fill the vacancy—abracadabra: Ford.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2024
His joints had ached for rest since Gingersnipes had knocked on his door.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
My knee was aching, likely a callback to surgery at 16 to repair torn ligaments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
He struggled on, his neck aching from the weight he dragged.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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