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“It can itch as my skin adjusts to the glue or when sweat builds up under it,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
They were reportedly given antihistamines to help ease the itch of the bites, but supplies ran out.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Arnold first got the itch to search out isolated and vulnerable phone boxes during a walking holiday in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
To scratch that fully voyeuristic itch, we often have to wait for merger and dealmaker principals to talk for themselves: the sit-down broadcast interviews; the expansive anecdotes from a panel stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Hana likes me to leave her alone mostly, and interrupting her nighttime routine makes my hands itch, but I have to ignore them.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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It’s not just the lack of discovery, though that is critical, maybe because it scratches those deep primal hunter/gatherer itches.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
In the park, a sunburned figure itches an arm cast; another slumps on a bench, picking at his eyes.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
The reader itches to learn more about the enormous figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Now, imagine if there was one super-recipe that would allow me to scratch both itches simultaneously?
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
"I had forgotten how much a new beard itches," he said.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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He had 28-day-old sutures he contemplated removing himself because they itched so badly.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
The Pilots itched for the go-ahead — the moment to run out onto the field as a team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2024
When University of Copenhagen evolutionary ecologist Kasun Bodawatta handled feathers from the Regent Whistler and the Rufous-naped Bellbird, his eyes teared up and itched like he was chopping onions.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
Once the band began to click as a whole, a natural fatigue from rehearsing kicked in as the cast itched to begin filming.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
The second one had a tag that itched.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
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The second pathway, known as the spinothalamic tract, transmits sensations involving pain, itching, and certain types of touch.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Additions like a full bus system, detailed non-player characters and a much, much larger map all have gamers itching to start playing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
"But equally when you're in pain or it's itching and you've got discomfort, living with it is just as bad."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The fine print: Can cause short-term itching in the scalp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
There was a story here, somewhere, itching to be told.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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