sore
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It had the power to soothe the roughest of sore throats and quiet the phlegmiest of coughs.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Arsenal midfielder was also taken off in the game against Croatia with nerve pain in a sore hamstring he has been managing.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Tucker, who said he felt a little better Tuesday but still sore, especially when rotating, is “pretty confident” that he’ll be able to avoid the injured list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
And for people living in homeowners and condo associations, higher fees are becoming a sore spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
My teeth are so sore, I can feel their aching roots deep in my jaw.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
Patients also frequently dealt with stomatitis – painful swelling and sores inside the mouth – as well as diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
Activated by the hormones of the menstrual cycle, these sores thicken and bleed each month, inflaming and scarring the surrounding tissue.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The biotech’s experimental cancer treatment is a genetically engineered version of the Herpes Simplex Virus type 1, the same virus that causes cold sores.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
“If I lived in another country, my legs wouldn’t look like this,” she said, rolling up her pants to show the chronic sores on her calves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
Papa had carved her a sturdy cane; the blisters and sores had mostly healed, the shortness of breath all but gone.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
Meanwhile, my chest is getting rawer and sorer.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2020
All the time, the shoulder was holding up, but getting sorer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2015
Bradley Beal played 21 minutes but was ineffective, scoring just two points on 0-for-5 shooting as he still recovers from a sorer lower back.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2012
Calmer and sorer, Stewart picked himself up and headed to the dressing room, perhaps cursing the pitfalls associated with the modern football boot.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2010
It’s not any sorer than my quads and hamstrings.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
“Six” was on my docket in March 2020, and missing it when the pandemic shut down Broadway was one of my sorest disappointments in those first few weeks of lockdown.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
The United States is the biggest loser in raw dollars, but developing countries are the sorest victims, losing 5.8 percent of their total tax revenue rather than the 2.5 percent developed nations miss.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
The Bruins spent Friday assessing which body parts were sorest and what to do about them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2021
That might have been the sorest point for Amazon.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2019
My lungs are still burning, my throat raw, and my legs and arms are the sorest they’ve ever been.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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