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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

Good TV is the product of many hands working harmoniously to merge visuals, writing and performance into stories that breathe, laugh and ache along with you.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

In men, those white blood cells are more likely to produce a pain-resolving molecule that can quickly quell the ache, according to a recent study in the journal Science Immunology.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 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

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

However, around one in five people who are infected develop a fever and moderate symptoms such as body aches, vomiting and diarrhea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

In painful detail, she described the splitting headaches, body aches, chills, high fevers and hallucinations that had tormented her for days.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Suede frontman Brett Anderson describes the band's 10th album as "broken music for broken people", and the music aches for connection in a technological age that feels increasingly disconnected.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

About 20% of infected people will develop mild symptoms such as a fever, body aches and nausea.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

When I wake up the next morning, my jaw aches like I spent the night clenching it, grinding my teeth together.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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

But it’s worth stressing the takeaway: Redford was always deferential to his leading women, all of whom bloomed and ached in his absence.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

"My heart ached, and I could only pray: 'God, please don't let that happen.'"

From BBC Jan. 14, 2025

The bruise had ached all morning, its color deepening to shades of indigo.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

By the second day, her neck was aching and she was taking migraine medication to ward off headaches caused by intense microscope light.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

"My shifts at work landed on the same days, too. During my morning shower, I felt faint; I had to be realistic and call in sick. My body was completely exhausted, aching and cramping."

From BBC Jul. 8, 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

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

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

We were on our hands and knees, aching all over, exhausted.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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