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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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“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

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

I groaned as the heavy ache in my limbs crawled into my spine, seizing my lungs in an icy grip.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Common symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, and abdominal pain.

From Science Daily Jun. 22, 2026

Though he is sometimes turned off by the tangy and pungent taste of sauerkraut, he found the diet helped him shed fat, and reduced aches and pains.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

To soothe the resulting stomach aches, the macaques have developed a habit of "geophagy, the deliberate consumption of earth", a recent study has found.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

A milder form of Legionella infection called Pontiac fever can also cause aches and headaches.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 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

Then as now, I wanted to watch movies until my knees ached.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2026

"My heart ached, and I could only pray: 'God, please don't let that happen.'"

From BBC Jan. 14, 2025

He was hungry, and still damp, and his whole body ached with exhaustion.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

After months of dizziness and arms aching so badly she could barely walk her dog, Susan Glannan lay stunned in a sunny hospital room as a doctor told her she should have open heart surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

But Pasbar has followed events in Iran closely, his heart aching as he watched the recent crackdown on protests until he couldn't bear it any longer.

From Barron's Mar. 16, 2026

“A Fflam never falters! Though what my aching bones might do is another matter!”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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