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splitting headache

[split-ing hed-eyk] / 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

My husband and I are already sleep-deprived from the baby and cranky from helping a first grader with Zoom all day, and this just turns my splitting headache into a migraine.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2021

Down in the arts wing, Mrs. Peters, nursing her extra-large thermos and a splitting headache, began to fidget.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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