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headache

[hed-ayk] / ˈhɛdˌeɪk /




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Iranian ballistic missiles have also proved a headache for Israel, the U.S. and Gulf states, which have all expended large stockpiles of expensive interceptors to shoot them down, not always successfully.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Wet weather has drenched the Games since Sunday, another headache for organisers wrestling with complaints from teams about accommodation and transport.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

“You need to do the new search, so it’s a headache, and somewhere in the subconscious…people just withdraw.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

It was an evocative choice - and a logistical headache.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The other girl had a headache and had gone to bed.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

AI agents bring new headaches to online sellers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

His four-year-old is sick too, complaining of headaches and general weakness.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Plus, the push for digital sovereignty is causing big headaches for multinational companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Some victims suffer headaches, nausea, fever, diarrhea, vomiting or abdominal cramps so sharp that a friend calls them “knives in the stomach.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Because I have headaches, because I can’t remember my accident, I can’t handle the idea that Clairmont burned down?”

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart


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