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
Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Gestating a human brings with it all new types of aches and pains, from their legs to their back to their neck.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
Aliss Higham, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Common symptoms include: Fever Muscle aches Headache Stiff neck
Confusion
Loss of balance
Convulsions
Diarrhea
Other gastrointestinal symptoms
Miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery and/or life-threatening infection of newborn infants
Death
Contributing: Fernando Cervantes Jr.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
People who are pregnant can have fever and the flu-like symptoms of muscle aches and fatigue.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Gestating a human brings with it all new types of aches and pains, from their legs to their back to their neck.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
These include fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and aching muscles.
—Aliss Higham, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Common symptoms include: Fever Muscle aches Headache Stiff neck
Confusion
Loss of balance
Convulsions
Diarrhea
Other gastrointestinal symptoms
Miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery and/or life-threatening infection of newborn infants
Death
Contributing: Fernando Cervantes Jr.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ache
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The first tackle sent tingles right through my leg.Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Certainly there is beauty and awe to fill anyone’s soul, but does a chill draft blow through there as well, leeching ice into the spirit and sending a frisson of tingles down one’s spine?Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Matthews devotes one parenthetical sentence claiming rocket launches hurt coastal wildlife.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The public pleas for testing are part of health officials’ efforts to halt the outbreak that has disproportionately hurt Native Americans in the Great Plains and Southwest.Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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Baker cuts to conflicted close-ups of Igor, underscoring his pangs of conscience on the periphery of the plot.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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There were still pangs of disbelief during her press conference.Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Verb
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While people, by and large, are more likely to have a job and more likely to have higher wages, that doesn’t mean there isn’t still pain in the labor market or within household finances, Gould said.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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This approach has been used for spine pain for decades, but it is now being applied more widely to pain from other areas of the body.Rachael Rzasa Lynn, The Conversation, 25 July 2024
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The sting still remains but this week brought a reminder in the context of reaching the World Series the season was a success and also brought pleasant memories of notable performances during the 94-win regular season.Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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In the stunned, ringing silence of the visiting locker room, Lutz and many others struggled to find words to describe the sting.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The noise of the cicadas throbbed terribly in the trees.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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But Harmony Korine’s latest marries a first-person perspective to a barrage of other visual noise on screen, including icons, pop-ups, picture-in-picture, and a chat overlay, all accompanied by a throbbing non-stop score by British producer Burial.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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“Ache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ache. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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