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Followers appreciate that their content is more educational or inspirational than an unboxing video or #sponcon post—and the way that it can sometimes scratch a voyeuristic itch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Harry Kane says "the itch isn't there as much anymore" to one day return to England from Germany and try and break the all-time scoring record in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Though he closely follows the Grand Slams, checks weekly tournament results and runs his academy, he no longer feels the itch to compete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s that saliva that triggers an immune response in humans—and makes us itch long after the mosquito has gone.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was her job to keep smoothing and arranging the coals into an even bed for baking the meat, but Tallow’s eyes on her back made her itch.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
ETFs scratch other itches too, including tax avoidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
Models ruminated about their next plate of pasta, distracted themselves from inopportune itches, and wondered over the sense of fashion amid wars.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
“I have been a nerd and a jock my whole life, so this scratches both itches for me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
My nose itches, but I can’t scratch it with my hands bound.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Cosmo itched so much from allergies that he constantly scratched himself raw and unleashed a howl when we were gone for too long, so loud and haunting that my neighbor thought it was a siren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
He had 28-day-old sutures he contemplated removing himself because they itched so badly.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
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
His hands sympathized by sprouting a rich growth of tiny white bumps that itched maddeningly.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
You’re doing it wrong if you experience persistent tightness, burning, itching or redness, said Gohara, the dermatologist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Hampered by injury, she only started four times in the Women's Super League - so is itching to get going in the new campaign, which kicks off on Friday, 4 September.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ever since, McCreary has been itching to dive into that arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The findings, made in mouse models, reveal a dedicated sensory system that may eventually help scientists develop better treatments for chronic itching disorders.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Right then, my skin was too busy crawling and my fingers too busy itching to organize to answer.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
