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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

Though the ache of nostalgia reverberates throughout, the songs remain intensely present and vulnerable in their reckoning with it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 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

"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

Grandmother’s comment had once made Nhamo smile, but now it only aroused a dull ache in her heart.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Less common symptoms are vomiting, body aches and low-grade fever.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

You may also get a mild fever, nausea, headache or muscle aches but these symptoms should disappear after one or two days.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The researchers emphasized that their work focuses only on serious muscle disorders that result in hospital admission or death, not the milder muscle aches and pains that some people experience.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

I’m a little slumped over and my neck aches.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

Quiroz, on the advice of a therapist, cried with him, explaining that she, too, ached with pain.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

Those ached more than stung and left me completely voiceless for the following 24 hours.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

Cordova had been working on a Mexican American project, but he ached to create a story that specifically reflected his Ecuadorean background.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

My throat ached so fiercely, I was sure it must be scorched.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

My knee was aching, likely a callback to surgery at 16 to repair torn ligaments.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

I nodded, aching with the rawness of that memory.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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