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After months of dizziness and arms aching so badly she could barely walk her dog, Susan Glannan lay stunned in a sunny hospital room as a doctor told her she should have open heart surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

But Pasbar has followed events in Iran closely, his heart aching as he watched the recent crackdown on protests until he couldn't bear it any longer.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

It was everywhere, flooding radio, weddings and reality shows, the slowbuild, aching notes articulating romantic devotion that felt cinematic yet intensely personal.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

At 21, wanderlust — that aching desire to escape to somewhere else — took hold of Elizabeth Short.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Why should pizzas be on the way when she already had a refrigerator bursting with food and the boy had gone to school so many days with his stomach rumbling, his head aching?

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman