as in tingle
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
a dull pounding ache in his head
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Recent Examples of ache
Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Early symptoms can include fever, body aches, headaches, rash, vomiting and tiredness.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
People take NSAIDs such as ibuprofen to dull the aching pain, but these pain relievers can harm the gut when taken regularly.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
People experiencing more severe infections may also suffer high fever, aches, headaches, lethargy, rashes and blood in their urine.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Early symptoms can include fever, body aches, headaches, rash, vomiting and tiredness.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
Weeks to months after exposure, an infected person may experience flu-like symptoms that can include fever, headache and overall body aches.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
People take NSAIDs such as ibuprofen to dull the aching pain, but these pain relievers can harm the gut when taken regularly.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ache
Noun
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More viscous than your average face mist, the milky formula is laced with ceramides and lipids to relieve tight, thirsty skin and refresh dull, dry-looking makeup without so much as a flush or a tingle.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The sight sends a paralytic tingle of alarm through her.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Paul’s assistance doesn’t hurt.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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One Battle After Another is full of pointed little moments like that, details that are at first funny — Lockjaw’s too-tight shirts, a group of separatists’ badly done face tattoos — but ultimately convey contempt for people who wield their power exclusively to hurt others.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Sharp cracks of gunfire pierced the morning air, loud, jarring pangs that echoed off the concrete.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Its high-fiber content combined with it only having 40 to 45 calories per fruit means kiwis can also help with healthy weight management by curbing hunger pangs without adding many calories to your diet.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Chest aches, fevers, debilitating headaches and chills pained 15-year-old Sufiya Syed for more than a year before doctors finally diagnosed her two months ago.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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When the body feels stress, your heart rate and blood pressure jump, stress chemicals rise, and the brain may turn pain down for a moment.—
Dayanne S. Antonio,
The Conversation,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hanson was arrested at a golf course in 2015 as a result of an undercover FBI sting, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Avoid rubbing the sting and monitor for signs of allergic reaction or shock.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents.—
Jack Korngold,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
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That blue vein in her temple was really throbbing now.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Ache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ache. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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