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stomachache

[stuhm-uhk-ayk] / ˈstʌm əkˌeɪk /


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“I mean, Luther said ‘Never too much,’ right,” the singer and actor told Sherri Shepherd, quoting Luther Vandross, after the host asked her if she had a stomachache from all the sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

It sounds like a recipe for a stomachache.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025

Maryland’s Montgomery County recommends keeping a child home with a stomachache, “pale or flushed face” or “thick yellow discharge from the nose.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● May 22, 2023

The stomachache I’d had on and off all day had come back.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

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

In January, Gov. Gavin Newsom described himself as an unhappy elementary school student: “I couldn’t read, and I was looking for any way to ditch classes. I’d fake stomachaches and dizziness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 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

And some included physical symptoms, such as headaches and stomachaches.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2022

She had nightmares and got stomachaches when her mother went away on trips.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin


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