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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

She wants GPs better trained to recognise symptoms sooner, and more research into the condition, stressing it is "not as simple as just having a tummy ache here and there".

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

That she is the mother of one of morning TV’s most beloved personalities adds an ache to our empathy.

From Salon Feb. 13, 2026

My ankles ache with the chill, but when I burrow my feet into the soft, silty mud, my toes are cozy and warm.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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

Her body aches, she's sensitive to light and sound, and everything feels too much.

From BBC May 16, 2026

“You’re not running a fever. Sometimes when your temperature is off, you’ll have aches in your body and feel a reaction in your skin,” she said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

He was tired and his body ached, he says, but the boss was “mean” and ordered him to get back to work.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 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

Plus, Jessie, still voiced with such beautiful feeling by Joan Cusack, owns “Toy Story 5,” with the movie even revisiting the aching piano notes of “When She Loved Me.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

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

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

In the morning—before my aching knee and bulging blisters relegated my saunter to a limp—a 32-mile walk around Manhattan sounded like a good way to spend the first Saturday in May.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Returning to camp we could barely lift our swollen and aching legs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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