sore
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A slight jab and a vaguely sore arm later, I’m now halfway to being significantly more protected against a shingles outbreak than I was before.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
The sauna increases blood flow and circulation, helping sore joints recover faster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
He said the belemnite "stuck out like a sore thumb" compared with the countless others found in the region.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I'd never heard that a cold sore could be the herpes virus and that the herpes virus could be so dangerous to a newborn baby."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The first night, my hands were so blistered and sore, I couldn’t even spoon up my supper.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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Mowi’s salmon start their lives in land-based tanks, where they are vaccinated against various illnesses, such as pancreatic disease and winter sores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
I was told it had healed diabetes sores, infertility, a frozen shoulder, and the common cold.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Patients also frequently dealt with stomatitis – painful swelling and sores inside the mouth – as well as diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
Cutaneous diphtheria usually causes infected sores or ulcers on exposed parts of the body which are slow to heal but rarely lead to severe illness.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Physicians called these sores petechiae, which is Latin for skin spots, and Rush observed that they “resembled moscheto bites.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Meanwhile, my chest is getting rawer and sorer.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2020
All the time, the shoulder was holding up, but getting sorer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2015
Bradley Beal played 21 minutes but was ineffective, scoring just two points on 0-for-5 shooting as he still recovers from a sorer lower back.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2012
Calmer and sorer, Stewart picked himself up and headed to the dressing room, perhaps cursing the pitfalls associated with the modern football boot.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2010
It’s not any sorer than my quads and hamstrings.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Inflation is the sorest point: Consumer prices were 3.5% higher in June than a year earlier, according to the Labor Department, versus a January 2025 inflation rate of 3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Six” was on my docket in March 2020, and missing it when the pandemic shut down Broadway was one of my sorest disappointments in those first few weeks of lockdown.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
The United States is the biggest loser in raw dollars, but developing countries are the sorest victims, losing 5.8 percent of their total tax revenue rather than the 2.5 percent developed nations miss.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
But in this sorest storm, in this chillest land, there’s hope, the thing with feathers.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2021
They’re the sorest two eyes I ever seen in me life.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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