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
Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
Symptoms of the virus include fever, aches and cough and can sometimes include vomiting and diarrhea that progress into shortness of breath and heart and lung failure, Jarrell said.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
In the end, a Germany aching for stability and reform need not look to new parties but to a familiar and trusted model.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
An infected person can suffer from fever, muscle aches, coughs and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
Symptoms of the virus include fever, aches and cough and can sometimes include vomiting and diarrhea that progress into shortness of breath and heart and lung failure, Jarrell said.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
Because at the end of the day, the best travel memories should come from the destination—not from aching feet.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
In the end, a Germany aching for stability and reform need not look to new parties but to a familiar and trusted model.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ache
Noun
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That tingle of anxiety will become an old friend, and the feeling of having triumphed over fear will become equally familiar, if not more familiar, than the fear itself.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Feeling that glimpse, at my luckiest moments, as an electric tingle racing the length of my spine.—
Leath Tonino,
Outside Online,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Trump's most expansive tariffs to date and larger than most experts expected ‒ could further hurt a weakening economy, send the stock market plummeting and even lead to a recession.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Republicans at the Capitol understand this is going to hurt not just Americans, but their own political futures.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Having to walk past those luxurious, roomy, and comfortable-looking lie-flat beds in business-class on your way to economy is enough to trigger a pang of jealousy.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Mar. 2025
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As the time of iftar, the breaking of the fast, nears, a day’s worth of hunger pangs combine with jockeying among patrons desperate to get their marook loaves and rush home before the call to prayer sounds from mosque minarets.—
Kiana Hayeri,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As someone who has also been a lifelong animal lover, this pains me.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Your Next Read JuJu Watkins’ absence from March Madness hurts USC and pains women’s basketball College hoops business is booming despite quiet tourneys.—
Chantel Jennings,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Throughout the sting, titled Operation Jacked, roughly 140 of the 160 vehicles recovered were found at ports throughout New York or New Jersey.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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According to Europol, 39 child victims were protected as a result of the sting, and more than 3,000 devices were seized.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Migraines commonly cause dizziness, nausea, throbbing pain on one side of the head and increased sensitivity to light.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
21 Feb. 2025
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Wrist and arm pain: Carpal tunnel syndrome causes throbbing or burning pain in the wrists, certain fingers, and hands.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Ache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ache. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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