colics

Definition of colicsnext
plural of colic

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Noun
  • Tylenol is used to treat a several conditions, such as mild to moderate pain, fever, headaches, muscle aches, toothaches, backaches and colds.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • From plane seatback organizers to carry-on cup holders, these accessories can save you from boarding delays and other headaches—starting at $9.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The decades-old technology struggles to account for last-minute payroll changes and that can create all sorts of headaches for employees and departments alike.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In fact, Williams took great pains to establish that his primary objective is building the Terps (7-7, 0-3 Big Ten), not tearing down a 21-year-old prospect, the Bears or the sport’s governing body.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Those in their fifties and beyond require the same amount of sleep as younger adults—and may actually benefit from sleeping more to offset nightly wake-ups from aches and pains, medication side effects, or dealing with the need to urinate more frequently in the middle of the night.
    Emma Loewe, Outside, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Flu symptoms include fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, tiredness, vomiting, and diarrhea.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Flu symptoms in adults and children come on quick, with symptoms lasting from a few days to two weeks, with fatigue and chills to start, followed by fever, body aches, cough, headache, sore throat, congestion, and runny or stuffy nose, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    Lori Comstock, Freep.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Some detail Lucy’s desperate search for a new refrigerator for her mother-in-law during the height of the war, while others show the pangs of jealousy that come with a new relationship.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 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
  • One of the big gripes with Aaronson over the years at Leeds has been his poor final product or lack of killer instinct in the final third.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • This new season mostly sticks to the original premise—the host, Jonathan Goldstein, solves his guests’ unresolved gripes—but many of the episodes are themselves clear beneficiaries of the show’s hiatus.
    Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Colics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colics. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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