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splitting headache

[split-ing hed-ayk] / ˈsplɪt ɪŋ ˈhɛdˌeɪk /




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Sometimes I play a scene with a splitting headache and people don't even know, but I know, so that makes some sense.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2024

Both complained of a splitting headache and fever that didn’t respond to the anti-malaria treatment.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

There was no warning of what was to come in March 2015, other than the splitting headache she woke up with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

Right as it starts getting close to being really good … I suddenly get a splitting headache.

From Slate ● May 24, 2021

"Good night. Go right to sleep now. I have a splitting headache," my mother said.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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