ache
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Angurweet is used as a remedy for ailments including stomach ache.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Still, her transformation of Parton’s clouded sunshine into a feral ache is stunning.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 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
My shoulders slumped, and I felt an ache like a bruise where the ghost hand grabbed me.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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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
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
Less common symptoms are vomiting, body aches and low-grade fever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Others will experience mild symptoms such as fever, body aches and nausea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“I wish I had no heart, it aches so,” sighed Meg, after a pause.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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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
"My heart ached, and I could only pray: 'God, please don't let that happen.'"
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
They dug until their hands were raw with open blisters and every muscle ached, but they had no time for rest.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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My aching nostalgia isn’t limited to how the White House used to operate.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Green lasers shot out into the crowd, revealing the faces of fans who’d waited all night on aching feet to see their favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
"My shifts at work landed on the same days, too. During my morning shower, I felt faint; I had to be realistic and call in sick. My body was completely exhausted, aching and cramping."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The same hostile roof now again rose before me: my prospects were doubtful yet; and I had yet an aching heart.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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