ache

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In retrospect, taken collectively, much of McCarthy’s work as an actor, filmmaker and journalist hinges on the friendship motif — that primordial ache to belong, that yearning to be seen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

She wants GPs better trained to recognise symptoms sooner, and more research into the condition, stressing it is "not as simple as just having a tummy ache here and there".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“Though our hearts ache, we take comfort in God’s promise and in knowing he is finally at peace,” Mary Cosby wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

If your hips ache a bit when you walk the corridors, he says, “maybe you should go take that hike in the Rockies sooner than later.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

I rubbed the ache in my arm where one of the ghost pins had gone through me.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce