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stomachache

[stuhm-uhk-ayk] / ˈstʌm əkˌeɪk /


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It sounds like a recipe for a stomachache.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025

Her 10-year-old daughter took a couple of bites of packaged lentils and soon after battled a stomachache.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

But she worsened on May 17, with visits to the medical unit for vomiting and a stomachache.

From Washington Times ● May 22, 2023

It was an “Aladdin”-like play called “Billy’s Wonderful Kettle” in Manchester, England, and the 7-year-old McDermott was so excited the night before, he got a stomachache that kept him from going.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

Leo spotted Piper’s knife, an old leather-bound book, a few interesting-looking mechanical devices, and enough gold to give Hazel’s horse a stomachache.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

But after Hurricane Hillary and the atmospheric rivers of February, they noticed more patients arriving at their doors with similar symptoms — diarrhea, viral infections, vomiting, stomachaches — who hadn’t touched the contaminated water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

Perhaps that’s why I’ve held on so tightly to a bit of wisdom that my mom gave me when I was a kid plagued by stomachaches.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2023

This year, the coffee chain has a list of seven holiday beverages, so I bravely ordered every single one of them and risked stomachaches and jitteriness in order to properly and accurately rank these drinks.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2022

Other manifestations that connect mental and physical symptoms include backaches, headaches and stomachaches, which all “tend to accompany psychological stress, anxiety and worry about the future,” Lowe says.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2022

She does these ads for healthy juices that she doesn’t even like because they give her stomachaches.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera


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