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ache

noun as in sore feeling; dull pain

verb as in feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical

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We have brought this lesson back home, where a full nine hours helps soothe the aches and anxieties of age.

“Die My Love” seeks the eternal relevance of a film like “A Woman Under the Influence,” which so achingly portrays a mother’s undying love for her children amidst psychological duress.

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Kennedy was guided below deck, where he broke down in tears, his body drained and aching, his six-foot-one frame wasted to a skeletal 110 pounds.

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His agent, Jonathan Perzley, said his "heart aches" for the passing of a player who "poured his heart" into every moment.

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The rise in sickness is being driven by a "surge" in mental health issues among young people and muscular skeletal issues, aches and joint pain in older people that is leading them to leave work.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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