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ache

[eyk] / eɪk /


VERB
feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
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“You were our hero and our hearts ache in your absence. We love you. We miss you.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

"It's tough work... the hardest part is carrying the seaweed back. It's very heavy and your shoulders ache afterwards."

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Mr. Barragán, a reporter and researcher for the New York Times based in Madrid, is good on the small ache that makes the whole enterprise possible.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Arnaldi described how he became ill on Thursday night, waking up with stomach ache at about 1am.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

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

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

You may also get a mild fever, nausea, headache or muscle aches but these symptoms should disappear after one or two days.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The researchers emphasized that their work focuses only on serious muscle disorders that result in hospital admission or death, not the milder muscle aches and pains that some people experience.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

To soothe the resulting stomach aches, the macaques have developed a habit of "geophagy, the deliberate consumption of earth", a recent study has found.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Among the symptoms people reported were gastrointestinal illness, fever, general malaise, pneumonia, fatigue, aches and respiratory symptoms.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

I’ve got blisters and aches and my heart hurts from all I miss and all that’s gone.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

She wrote that her heart ached most looking at a poster her three children made when they were young.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Before Edward and Bella took over the world, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” viewers ached for David Boreanaz’s Angel and James Marsters’ Spike, centuries-old bros who fall for a very special high school blonde.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Those ached more than stung and left me completely voiceless for the following 24 hours.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

I told the farmworkers how after only two days of work last week, my lower back and my forearms ached.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2025

Nathan climbed and climbed until his forearms ached.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

The morning after losing to Federer, an aching Willis limped to the shower at 4:30am to get ready for an interview on ITV's Good Morning Britain.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

At the film’s aching core is the romantic tether between the boys that refuses to die even in the face of gory attacks, painful betrayals and even uncertainty among the two of them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

After months of dizziness and arms aching so badly she could barely walk her dog, Susan Glannan lay stunned in a sunny hospital room as a doctor told her she should have open heart surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

There were, however, countless times she found herself dangling in the safety harness, forearms aching, fingertips throbbing, after yet another failed attempt.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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