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headache

[hed-eyk] / ˈhɛdˌeɪk /




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When she left SpaceX, she sought a solution to the headache from using a variety of different software during operations.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Current and former Social Security officials have told ProPublica over the past year that the SSI program’s complexities and absurdities remain perhaps the agency’s biggest bureaucratic headache.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

The inflammation from meningitis typically triggers symptoms such as headache, fever and a stiff neck.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Smart castaways might establish startups that end up competing with the big tech companies, a headache a large workforce helps protect against.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Veronika’s shrill, repeated demand that they leave “right now, Mama, right now!” had given her a blinding headache, or so Madame claimed.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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