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ache

[ayk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Now, I ache a little when I think about those refusals.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 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

Arnaldi described how he became ill on Thursday night, waking up with stomach ache at about 1am.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

I continued on my way, ignoring the ache in my heart.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

So, does that mean Ohtani feels like he could be more up-front with the team about his physical well-being, regardless of whether he thinks he can play through aches and pains?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

She is in her late 70s and complains of nagging aches and pains, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, and occasional changes in her weight.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Freeman did not undergo any imaging on his various aches and pains, although he said head athletic trainer Thomas Albert asked if he felt like he needed any.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Has my body changed? I have no idea. I've got a few aches and pains, but if I sit in a chair for too long at my age I get aches and pains," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

It started with a few coughs and body aches.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

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

We did the kicks over and over, until my thigh muscles ached and the soles of my feet tingled.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

My aching nostalgia isn’t limited to how the White House used to operate.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

“That innocuous little essay untangled some aching knot inside me,” she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

I nodded, aching with the rawness of that memory.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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