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ache

[ayk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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Luke's family said the Sunderland fan was caring and loved their dog Wilf, adding their hearts would "ache forever".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“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

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

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

People infected with typhus typically develop symptoms within one to two weeks, which may include a fever, headache, rash and body aches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The daughter of another medbed believer recalled her mother’s words: We won’t have those aches and pains anymore; your dad’s heart will be better.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

These include repeatedly waking up throughout the night to relieve himself and "stomach aches real bad".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

He prescribed the bark infusions for her aches but said to her, "Such pain comes for us all, in great age."

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

Her mother ultimately relented and let her daughter attend art school, but Kusama ached to stretch beyond the country’s traditional Nihonga painting style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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

During the workshops Rice says her hands cramped, her back hurt and her feet ached.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

The back of her neck ached from keeping her head bent, and occasionally her eyes blurred between the dirt and leaves she had to search through to keep focused.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

My aching nostalgia isn’t limited to how the White House used to operate.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

At the film’s aching core is the romantic tether between the boys that refuses to die even in the face of gory attacks, painful betrayals and even uncertainty among the two of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

“That’s easy enough, and I like the idea, I’m aching for something to do, that is, some new amusement, you know,” added Jo quickly.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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