sore
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Data centers have sparked opposition across the country while online “AI slop” and perceived threats to employment remain sore spots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
I have become obsessed with this subject that still makes my brain sore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"My skin feels dull and textured and just looks more tired in general, and my chest feels heavier and sore."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
And on top of worrying about the start of school, Silva said her family is still suffering from headaches, nausea, sore throats, eye irritation, stomach pain, diarrhea and persistent coughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sender watched me warily as I approached, perhaps still a bit sore over the mikveh incident.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
And then, as winter turns to spring, I develop, for the first time, cold sores at the edges of my lips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
She improved, went home, then started developing a rash, a high fever and sores in her mouth.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Cutaneous diphtheria usually causes infected sores or ulcers on exposed parts of the body which are slow to heal but rarely lead to severe illness.
From BBC ● May 26, 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
I shove the half-lemon in, shove Grandma out, tell myself the English bloke has glandular fever, cold sores, and tooth decay, the trifecta of unkissability, like every other hot male in Lost Cove.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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
He's a bit sore, even sorer that there's no free-kick, but fine to continue.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2013
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
It’s not any sorer than my quads and hamstrings.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Inflation is the sorest point: Consumer prices were 3.5% higher in June than a year earlier, according to the Labor Department, versus a January 2025 inflation rate of 3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“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
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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