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headache

[hed-eyk] / ˈhɛdˌeɪk /




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Getting back after dinner was a headache, though, with drivers canceling rides in frustration over the pickup spots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Any player showing concussion-related symptoms, such as a headache or dizziness, must be monitored for 24 hours by the team’s medical staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Now I was lifting myself from the bathroom floor with shaking hands for a fitful night of tossing in bed, a raging headache waiting for me in the morning.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2026

Anand, who accompanied them, led them to their first stop - a chemist because Anita had developed a migraine headache and wanted to buy a painkiller.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

And since Lou Ann is a herky.jerky driver, I have a headache by the time we get there.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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