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Ella can't remember when she first started grinding her teeth at night, but she can vividly recall the excruciating jaw ache, the headaches, and being told her molars were disappearing.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The piece took Jordan two days and resulted in a neck ache.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

It makes my arm ache and a mess on the floor, but the table is still usable, if propped just right against the wall, and now there’s wood in the stove.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

"Even inside the house, the smoke gets in. Honestly, since the haze, my body aches, as if I've been beaten up. The immune system is down. I get coughs and colds easily."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

That is, until a few hours later when those uncomfortable muscle aches start setting in.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

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

“You’re not running a fever. Sometimes when your temperature is off, you’ll have aches in your body and feel a reaction in your skin,” she said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

Quiroz, on the advice of a therapist, cried with him, explaining that she, too, ached with pain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025

My lungs ached with the pressure of unreleased air.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Some go their whole lives searching for it, aching to find where they belong, or what gives them purpose.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

As the Aedes aegypti mosquito expanded its range across more of the Americas, it brought with it the delirium, jaundice, and aching joints of yellow fever.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 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

But she was aching to ask him questions!

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene