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Recent Examples of earache
Shortly after, Bom, of Germany, also developed a sore throat and earache too.
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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
In some cases, students may even attend with an earache, diarrhea or wheezing, according to the health department’s guidelines.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
While children may have a harder time distinguishing a bug in their ear from a general earache, adults should be able to tell right away.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
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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
In some cases, students may even attend with an earache, diarrhea or wheezing, according to the health department’s guidelines.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
While children may have a harder time distinguishing a bug in their ear from a general earache, adults should be able to tell right away.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earache
Noun
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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
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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
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Among the opponents are some residents of Alton Road, who say that gating off North Bay Road would worsen the city’s already substantial traffic problems and create headaches for people trying to access their homes.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Utilities were stuck with the headache and expense of storing waste themselves, so in 2014, a judge forbade the federal government from continuing to collect the NWF fees.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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Before getting her period, your daughter may experience mood changes, headaches, cramps, or backache.—
Cordelia Nwankwo,
Verywell Health,
31 Mar. 2025
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With gallstones, the pain is known as gallbladder attacks or biliary colic.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
23 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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How hunger impacts learning Erspamer once heard from a school principal about a student who constantly showed up at the administrator's office with a tummy ache.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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In fact, Punk has publicly shared his gripes over certain AEW stars not wanting to work with him in the past.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Our only real gripe is a lack of storage and connectivity; door pockets are small and shallow, the center armrest holds no more than a single phone, and there’s just one USB-A plug and no wireless Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.—
Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Earache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earache. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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