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  • plural of pain.
  • present tense form of pain (3rd person singular).
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My colleague Susan King wrote a profile of Blyth in 2013, taking pains to separate the woman from the character.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Though he is sometimes turned off by the tangy and pungent taste of sauerkraut, he found the diet helped him shed fat, and reduced aches and pains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

"It pains us when we hear an aeroplane flying overhead," Patni said, adding that their home was near the flight path of the airport in Ahmedabad, the main city in the state of Gujarat.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Adam Ankers, 17, collapsed with chest pains while he was playing for Wycombe Wanderers Foundation's under-19s in January 2024 and later died in hospital, having suffered brain damage.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

On a Friday afternoon in early November, he felt chest pains and went to an emergency room.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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