ache
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Still, her transformation of Parton’s clouded sunshine into a feral ache is stunning.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 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
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
He’d raised his fists, and that was so ridiculous it made Josie’s heart ache.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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“There’s something fun about conflating the physical aches and pains of middle age with the more metaphysical aches and pains of middle age,” says Tropper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
Common symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, and abdominal pain.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
My neck aches from lying crooked across the bags.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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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
"My heart ached, and I could only pray: 'God, please don't let that happen.'"
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
His bones and muscles ached from the twenty-mile walk.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
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Showing her aching vulnerability, it's about a bank clerk with flaming locks of auburn hair who flirted with her husband.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Green lasers shot out into the crowd, revealing the faces of fans who’d waited all night on aching feet to see their favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
And my arms and legs were still aching from the heavy sugarloaf I carried all the way from Mr. Lloyd’s general store.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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