backache

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Recent Examples of backache Before getting her period, your daughter may experience mood changes, headaches, cramps, or backache. Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025 Researchers found that for people with a history of backache, participating in a walking program stretched out the time between back pain episodes from 112 to 208 days. Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Feb. 2025 Tylenol can be used to treat a few different conditions, such as: mild to moderate pain, fever, headaches, muscle aches, toothaches, backaches, colds, and discomfort from a vaccine, says Walia. Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 Everything seems to cause a headache and a backache! R29 Team, refinery29.com, 3 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for backache
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backache
Noun
  • Regardless of the scheduling headache, there's still no indication the funding bill would pass, unless Republicans and Democrats can strike a deal on health care.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In the year before his death, Thomas had been struggling with his mental health, as well as daily headaches and memory loss, his parents said at the time.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Abella and her friend Darcie navigate challenges, such as being captured by a bee, the new responsibility of receiving a magic wand, and helping a horse with a toothache, with grace and curiosity.
    William Jones, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Cloves, a common household spice, have long been used as a home remedy for toothache and other forms of pain.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Elderly consumers, who might seek gentle relief for aches or the comfort of a familiar ritual, are left stranded.
    Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The most common symptoms of flu include fever, headache, cough, sore throat and muscle aches.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms can vary from person to person, but common ones are hard or lumpy stool, stomachache and nausea.
    Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Soon, Disley learned that Chewy was in the nurse's office frequently — sometimes three times a day — due to headaches and stomachaches.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With gallstones, the pain is known as gallbladder attacks or biliary colic.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The rare photo of Aurora that accompanied the revelation that the newborn has colic came after Blanchard shared side-by-side photos to highlight her weight loss transformation.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Shortly after, Bom, of Germany, also developed a sore throat and earache too.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • Common symptoms are a persistent sore throat, earache, hoarseness, and a lump in the throat or neck.
    Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The friend felt a pang of preëmptive regret.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • These pangs are only compounded by the cliffhanger that concluded Season 2, in which President William Rayburn (Michael McKean) suffered a fatal heart attack and elevated his vice president, Grace Penn (Allison Janney), to the top of the call sheet.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Kennedy’s discomfort continued and she was soon diagnosed with the disease, which primarily affects teenagers and young adults.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • With its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and other soothing properties, it's also used to reduce symptoms of cold, sore throat, and stomach discomfort.
    Lauren O'Connor, Health, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Backache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backache. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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