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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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“Calle Málaga,” written with Touzani’s husband Nabil Ayouch, is not a passive narrative, though, merely content with the internalized ache of acceptance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The audience has been steadily aging as well, feeling every ache that the decade between the show’s first season and the present has inflicted.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025

"The makers of this musical sequel have delivered a film that surpasses last year's box-office smash in verve, ambition and emotional ache."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

If your hips ache a bit when you walk the corridors, he says, “maybe you should go take that hike in the Rockies sooner than later.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

We’re slower on this last one, and my leg muscles ache.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison