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twinge

[twinj] / twɪndʒ /


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Feel a twinge of embarrassment looking at some of the outfits the teams are being forced to wear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

“The real challenge from a public health perspective is, how do you recognize when your little twinge of loneliness, which everyone has from time to time, starts to spiral out of control?”

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

But I also found comfort in the idea that it was a possibility—and a twinge of anger toward the many gynecologists I had seen who had never mentioned it as one.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

The twinge Rams coach Sean McVay described as a “little something” initially?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

I’m furious at Gene, and I reeeeeally wish everyone and their brother hadn’t seen that happen—but then I feel a twinge in my stomach thinking of my mom.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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