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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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"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

Though the ache of nostalgia reverberates throughout, the songs remain intensely present and vulnerable in their reckoning with it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Good TV is the product of many hands working harmoniously to merge visuals, writing and performance into stories that breathe, laugh and ache along with you.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

In men, those white blood cells are more likely to produce a pain-resolving molecule that can quickly quell the ache, according to a recent study in the journal Science Immunology.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

But I would be doing it for Mom, so I pushed away the ache.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

These include repeatedly waking up throughout the night to relieve himself and "stomach aches real bad".

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

About 20% of infected people will develop mild symptoms such as a fever, body aches and nausea.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Common symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, and abdominal pain.

From Science Daily Jun. 22, 2026

Officials said they are monitoring all cruise passengers for flulike symptoms like fever, body aches, dizziness, cough, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

“Body aches, chills, no worse than a mild illness,” Kuwei explained.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

I told the farmworkers how after only two days of work last week, my lower back and my forearms ached.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2025

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

From BBC Jan. 14, 2025

I smiled for her until my face ached.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Injuries and exhaustion have him aching to retire.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

In the morning—before my aching knee and bulging blisters relegated my saunter to a limp—a 32-mile walk around Manhattan sounded like a good way to spend the first Saturday in May.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 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

I couldn’t spend another moment in this house, waiting for her to show up, begging her in my mind to come back to me, my heart sore and aching.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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