ache for
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You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Our hearts ache for the 24 innocent souls we have lost," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
But when she speaks of the ache for her own mother, her grin fades and her eyes well with tears.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Desperation made us ache for that drama’s characters.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2023
And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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