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[peyn] / peɪn /






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Researchers from the University of Sydney and University of Melbourne found that exercise leads to small average improvements in pain and physical function among people with hip osteoarthritis.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Symptoms included stinging eyes, head pain, lung problems and stomach ailments.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The medications that cause ovarian suppression and have effectively relieved menstrual pain and helped millions of women to manage endometriosis, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and ovarian cysts?

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

A heat pack or immersion in hot water can reduce pain and swelling, and painkillers such as paracetamol can also help.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The one who controls his pain inwardly at all cost.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

For those who do, the most common symptoms include high fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, nausea and rashes.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Police scanner audio obtained by news outlets showed emergency responders arriving at Graham’s Capitol Hill home on Saturday around 8:30 p.m. for a report of chest pains; CPR was underway roughly 25 minutes later.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

JPMorgan took pains to test the model to only use information available on that date.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

When Saleh was nine months pregnant, she woke up with stomach pains and presumed she was in labor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Nobody noticed until it was too late that Josie’s mother was gasping in distress, not just labor pains.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Pradhan announced his resignation on X in a post in Hindi saying he "respected the aspirations, dreams, and expectations of the youth" and was "pained by the events" of the past few days.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Dark pigment pushed into claw-like scratches feels like a peek into a figure’s spiritual void; fleshy hues bring out nicks and lines that enliven characters’ faces—some pained, others contemplative.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

"Again?" he asks, the pained expression on his face reflecting the troubling news he's just heard.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

"His visit will lift the spirits of a pained community," said Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the community's peak body.

From Barron's Feb. 7, 2026

Bunny lay on his stomach on the hearth rug, doing his homework; occasionally he would steal one of Francis’s sandwiches or ask a pained question.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

A second person said: "The bolt challenge is paining me because it’s innocent and hardworking people on both sides that are suffering for the wickedness and thoughtlessness of other people. Really unfair."

From BBC Aug. 23, 2024

“She can feel pain, and she starts crying, saying, ‘It is here and it is rising and it is paining here and here.'”

From Seattle Times May 11, 2024

“Oh, it was a hurting, paining feeling going through my heart to know that something like that would happen on this street.”

From Fox News Aug. 10, 2019

Your silhouette appears on the paining, sometimes surrounded by a glowing aura.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2019

Roosevelt had more than just hunger paining him.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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