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  • present participle of ache.
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aching

[ey-king] / ˈeɪ kɪŋ /


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My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

After leaving an interview with Andy Cohen at SiriusXM’s studio, she slides back into her seat and removes her sky-high Louboutin stilettos, taking stock of her aching feet: “That’s going to suck later.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Markets finally got the cease-fire they have been aching for, and the subsequent relief rally was fast, furious, and jubilant—no matter that the truce is temporary and fragile.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

From that point in the novel to its wrenching end, June searches for her baby with the passionate abandon of a first-time mother and the aching hunger of every mother separated from her child.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

To move through the sweeping gestures of a grand port de bras, the aching lift of an arabesque.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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