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stomachache

[stuhm-uhk-ayk] / ˈstʌm əkˌeɪk /


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But like a stomachache from too much candy, the pain was short-lived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 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

I could send a chunk of money to somebody I love and it doesn’t give me like that really bad stomachache where I go, “I’m gonna vomit, but it was the class move.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

In the second, she child complained of a stomachache.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 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

She started getting stomachaches, couldn’t sleep at night and would count down the minutes until her lunch break or until she could leave for the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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

On the other hand, eating them uncooked can cause nausea, stomachaches and other digestive problems.

From Salon ● May 4, 2023

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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