discomfort
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Although persistent knee discomfort can have many causes, osteoarthritis is one of the most common.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Stewart, who was placed on the 15-day IL with right shoulder discomfort on July 31, said he’ll join the Dodgers on their upcoming road trip to Colorado and is hopeful he’ll be activated soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
But at some stage it’s likely the discomfort will get too much for the shorts and they may feel forced to buy back their positions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
In his first appearance since June, the 24-year-old Briton took France's Terence Atmane to three sets before recurring discomfort appeared to limit his play and he lost 6-3 2-6 6-2.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Jack digs into his breakfast, oblivious to my discomfort.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
As the latest heat wave discomforts Europe, France is arguing about air conditioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
SuperMouth ULTIM8 SmartBrush System – Toothbrushes have long been one of travel’s little discomforts — often still damp from use, or less than effective when you pack a separate “travel” brush.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
"That's life. But I was always looking to learn from those discomforts."
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the challenges and discomforts of self-promotion.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2024
“The great humiliation of feeling that I am a prisoner is killing me far more than any other discomforts I have to endure,” he wrote—though in fact he felt no humiliation whatsoever.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
He found movement to take the edges of Crawley and Root, then bounced out the discomforted Smith.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Though Head made a silky 146 on day one, he was discomforted by the short ball, and when a fired-up Siraj went short again on Thursday morning, Head gloved down the leg side.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023
Though he was discomforted by the bumper barrage, Head fully deserved his sixth Test hundred.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2023
Mr. Kriegel’s raw emotion, it was plain, discomforted them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
I apologized by instinct to him for this mishap which discomforted only me.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
That calmed worries that had built on Wall Street that the inflation data could show a discomforting reacceleration.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The discomforting intimacy of the sequence has stayed with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
But there are times to make people uncomfortable enough that they stop discomforting others.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
The robot’s movements, informed by years of studying how birds walk, include a slight sway in its frame when it is at rest, to dispel the discomforting stillness that bothers humans.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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