as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
those hunger pangs that strike you in the middle of the afternoon
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Recent Examples of pang
Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
As early as age six, the fashion editor, now 40, remembers not being able to eat much of anything without feeling pangs of discomfort.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
Dylan Owens, The Know, 16 Feb. 2017
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Noun
But following any club yields the rewards of this beautiful, eccentric game—and, inevitably, even perpetual losers are susceptible to pangs of optimism.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
As early as age six, the fashion editor, now 40, remembers not being able to eat much of anything without feeling pangs of discomfort.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
Its sonic trappings are in vogue, but thanks in large part to front-woman Fox Rodemich’s memorable voice, which pangs around the record like a cave bellow, there’s an outlying classic quality to these songs.
—Dylan Owens, The Know, 16 Feb. 2017
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Anyone who has consumed the mushrooms and is experiencing symptoms such as fever, muscle aches, nausea, or diarrhea is advised to seek medical attention.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms of bird flu infection in humans include eye redness or discharge, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, diarrhea, vomiting, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, trouble breathing and fever, public health officials said.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Granted, a day of giving thanks can seem a stretch to those pained by the year’s conflicts.Michael Morris, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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Press interviews seem to physically pain him, as though frittering away time that could be better spent behind the comforting barricade of a keyboard.Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2024
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Unlike other plumpers, this one leaves a slight tingle rather than an overbearing burning sensation- thank goodness!Taylor Lane, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2024
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The juicy dark meat is flavored with a traditional sauce packed with garlic, cumin, coriander and brown sugar for an aromatic sweetness that carries a slight licorice tingle from fennel seed.Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 24 May 2024
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Unfortunately, Ronnie’s rough morning gets worse when she’s stung by a jellyfish.Emma Soren, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Boyd will be joining the team that defeated the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series, a fact that still stings with fans of Cleveland baseball.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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There is, however, a harmonic tension at the heart of the conception, as semitone dissonances pierce the texture in almost every bar—F against E, D-sharp against E, C against B. As one of these twinges is resolved, another intrudes.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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But now the Republicans may be feeling a twinge of Vance-itis, because swing voters may not be as thrilled with mini-Trump as Trump is.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
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Orthodox and Conservative Jews require converts to immerse themselves in a mikvah, a ritual bath, and expect male converts to undergo circumcision or, if they are already circumcised, to be pricked to draw a ritual drop of blood.Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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The alternative is finger-stick testing, pricking fingertips to draw drops of blood to check glucose levels, often multiple times a day.Meg Tirrell, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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The episode was recorded in November at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, where Mangum is serving time after being convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing her boyfriend in April 2011.Jenna West, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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The crook stabbed 32-year-old Aurelio Mendez in the chest at Fordham Fruit and Vegetables on Creston Ave.Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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The memory foam sole also lends some comfort and arch support so your feet won’t hurt after babysitting a high-maintenance stew all day.Anne Loreto Cruz, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
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He was not seriously hurt, but McConnell has recently been using a wheelchair as a precaution while at airports, according to NBC News.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Pang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pang. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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