backaches

noun

plural of backache
as in stomachaches

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  1. headaches
  2. toothaches
  3. aches
  4. pains
  5. pangs
  6. gripes
Noun
  • What hurt wasn’t just inheriting the customer-service headaches or paying my own phone bill for the first time at 27.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026
  • These are identified by painful headaches accompanied by light and sound sensitivity.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 30 July 2026
Definition of headaches
Noun
  • In the 19th century, doctors offered cocaine for depression and toothaches.
    — Hannah Kerman, STAT, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But that pattern of inequality was roughly consistent across space, unlike the sharp modern gaps between countries, and even kings and popes died of illnesses and suffered from toothaches like everyone else.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of toothaches
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  • Symptoms include fever, chills, cough, muscle aches, headaches, fatigue, confusion and, in some cases, diarrhea.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • Other signs include vomiting, body aches, headache, low-grade fever and other flu-like symptoms.
    — Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of aches
Noun
  • Not surprisingly, the museum is taking pains to emphasize that the exhibit will not shy away from the problematic aspects of Galliano’s history.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Blackouts and seizures, tremors that became full-body shakes, stabbing chest pains.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of pains
Noun
  • Statements by government lawyers that contradict the official White House line are not merely the results of pangs of conscience.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • Yet for the drivers, the pangs of change were felt through the last race at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, and are anticipated again at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of pangs
Noun
  • Ghibli fans’ only gripes are usually that the festival doesn’t feature more deep cuts from the library.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Be sure to send in your gripes for a future edition of The Gripe Report!
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of gripes
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