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ache

[ayk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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Because where the novel discards the solar-powered robot when she’s no longer needed, the film gives her a cure for an ache she never had.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

"Today in our nation and across the world, thoughts will turn to you in Aberfan, hearts far from this valley will ache with yours."

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

“Grandma,” I said, stepping away from the mixing bowl and massaging the ache out of my arm.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

As Joel Reichow pulled an assortment of shoes for her to try, he reassured her it’s common to feel aches in the final training push.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"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

They can include muscle and joint aches, stiffness and swelling, reduced strength and pins and needles.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sometimes when my whole body aches like this, I close my eyes and pretend I am lying on my favorite beach in Cuba.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

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

There were days when his back ached relentlessly.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 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

Pa told me aching arms were a good sign; they meant your muscles were growing.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney


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