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My feet were still aching when I boarded my flight home the next day.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Markets finally got the cease-fire they have been aching for, and the subsequent relief rally was fast, furious, and jubilant—no matter that the truce is temporary and fragile.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
From that point in the novel to its wrenching end, June searches for her baby with the passionate abandon of a first-time mother and the aching hunger of every mother separated from her child.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
There is also a feeling Maguire is happy in his surroundings too - that he is settled with his family in the north-west and has no aching desire to start again somewhere else just yet.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
My feet are aching and the sun is starting to go down by the time I return.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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