itchy
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Those stocks appear to be burning a hole in your pocket, but it’s not always wise to scratch itchy feet, as this Moneyist reader discovered.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
"A mouse can't say that it's itchy," Duan said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
For several weeks, I had an itchy bump on the back of my scalp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
During the 1978 inquest investigation, Nix had initially claimed Andrea took a bath on her own and later complained of itchy legs before fainting, jurors heard.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The wool of my sweater feels itchy against my neck.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Scratch that bite now, and it only gets itchier later.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2022
The researchers surmised that increased levels of CO2 in coming decades would lead to bigger, faster growing, and itchier poison ivy plants.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2021
A year into the shutdown, one’s finger on the keyboard pause button gets itchier by the day.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2021
Still, this paragraph made me feel itchier than the rest.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019
The more Jinny thought about it, the itchier she felt.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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Musk had the biggest wallet, and the itchiest tweeting finger, and the widest eyes.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2022
As a result, investors are equipped with the itchiest trigger fingers ever in one of the touchiest periods in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2012
Even after all these years, Eddie Rickenbacker, 77, the World War I flying ace, still has the itchiest trigger finger in the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This bum, memorably played by Donald Pleasence, is the smelliest, itchiest, un-deloused scamp ever plucked from the rim of a rubbish barrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“I’m itchy all over. I’m the itchiest in the world.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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