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Recent Examples of backache
And your lower trapezius muscles weaken and strain against the upward pull, leading to backaches and pain around the scapulae.
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Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Long stretches at a computer or tablet can cause eye strain and backaches, so encourage students to take regular movement breaks to stretch, walk around, or get fresh air.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Before getting her period, your daughter may experience mood changes, headaches, cramps, or backache.
—Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
One of our testers, who deals with backaches, says the EcoCloud is pressure-relieving in their lower lumbar area.
—Claudia Fisher, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024
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Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Long stretches at a computer or tablet can cause eye strain and backaches, so encourage students to take regular movement breaks to stretch, walk around, or get fresh air.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Before getting her period, your daughter may experience mood changes, headaches, cramps, or backache.
—Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
One of our testers, who deals with backaches, says the EcoCloud is pressure-relieving in their lower lumbar area.
—Claudia Fisher, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backache
Noun
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Think peachy-bright, brunchy, and a little flirty without the headache.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Sonny Fouts, 71, has had a headache, stomachache and trouble sleeping since seeing news reports that the 37-year-old ICU nurse had been fatally shot by ICE agents Saturday, the vet and retired musician told People.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The limitations can turn even common ailments — such as toothaches or ear pain — into difficult medical conundrums.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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The material challenges pile up: escalating mortgage bills, downgrading their car, a persistent toothache that mirrors his internal rot, and the devastating notice of an impending foreclosure on his childhood home.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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There’s ample gore and jumpy moments, but the true scariness here is of the forlorn kind; leads Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen play the mounting nightmare with ache and desperation, elevating the emotional tenor of a dolefully eerie movie.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
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But Swims buckled into the ballad, standing tall and belting through the song’s inherent ache.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Sonny Fouts, 71, has had a headache, stomachache and trouble sleeping since seeing news reports that the 37-year-old ICU nurse had been fatally shot by ICE agents Saturday, the vet and retired musician told People.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even just writing about it is giving me a stomachache.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2026
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Best homeopathic or organic baby gas relief product This natural remedy for babies, which can be used up to six times per day, is formulated to relieve colic, gas and reflux symptoms in a way that is fast, safe, gentle and great-tasting.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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This origin underscores dill’s long-standing role as a calming remedy, traditionally used to relieve colic, indigestion, and pain.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Shortly after, Bom, of Germany, also developed a sore throat and earache too.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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Common symptoms are a persistent sore throat, earache, hoarseness, and a lump in the throat or neck.—
Sayaka Blickenderfer,
Health,
21 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The point was to project his own power and, perhaps, to inspire in his listeners a pang of jealousy at his great big chest of war toys.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Packing your own treats not only saves money between meals, but also keeps mood-tanking hunger pangs at bay.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Jan. 2026
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That quiet shows the political discomfort this week’s shooting, coming just two weeks after an immigration agent shot another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, is causing for Republicans nationally.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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That can lead to a strong and possibly overwhelming feeling of pain or discomfort that’s hard to manage.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Backache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backache. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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