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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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"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

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

Gnawing, almost unbearable heartbreak acts as the catalyst for a layered analysis of the ways humans — or, in the case of “The Sheep Detectives,” humans and their woolly friends — ache to forget.

From Salon May 25, 2026

"We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home."

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

Something about this particular memory made her shake her head, stifle a laugh, and stare out the window with a wide smile—like the opposite of an ache, more like a relief.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Others will experience mild symptoms such as fever, body aches and nausea.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

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

It started with a few coughs and body aches.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

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

My entire body ached, my muscles in knots and my limbs as stiff as boards.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The painkiller is usually prescribed for relatively minor conditions, such as aching joints or people recovering from surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 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

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

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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