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ache

noun as in sore feeling; dull pain

verb as in feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical

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Legs are aching, and the crowd is sprawling back around a quarter-mile from the stage.

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Most patients experience a sudden onset of fever, headache, muscle aches, rash, and joint swelling within a few days of being bitten by an infected mosquito.

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And Ibrahim, an unmarried psychologist, is achingly lonely: “Murders are all well and good, but who does he have?”

Kingston said she had been experiencing bloating and aches for some time, but only sought medical help after spotting blood in her urine.

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“I had some of the biggest aches and pains of my life.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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