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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 were our hero and our hearts ache in your absence. We love you. We miss you.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 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

Come harvest I’d be sitting up in the house like some dried up old man while everyone worked themselves to a happy ache by getting the job done.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

“There’s a lot of us kind of limping toward the end here, a lot of aches and pains this year.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

She is in her late 70s and complains of nagging aches and pains, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, and occasional changes in her weight.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

“I’ll be forever grateful for that. I’m deeply sad to learn Bobby was suffering. My heart aches for him, his family, and everyone who loved him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 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

When his head aches fierce, he has to lie down.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Her mother ultimately relented and let her daughter attend art school, but Kusama ached to stretch beyond the country’s traditional Nihonga painting style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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

During the workshops Rice says her hands cramped, her back hurt and her feet ached.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

One question ached through all of Holland like a long-held breath: would there be war?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

My aching nostalgia isn’t limited to how the White House used to operate.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

In a world of instant gratification, it teaches perseverance through early practices and aching muscles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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 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

He knew how slowly she walked, and how long it took her to do things with her aching arms and legs.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry




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