headache

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Recent Examples of headache This patchwork of mandates and rules is creating legal uncertainty and compliance headaches at the exact moment American innovators need to move fast and scale. Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 The early onset of virus symptoms—headache, malaise, fatigue—can also be signs of a carbon monoxide leak. Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2025 After taking a daily 1.8 mg dose of liraglutide for three months -- the amount typically used to treat diabetes -- their average number of headache days per month dropped from 20 to about nine. Paul Hanona, ABC News, 20 June 2025 This is just the wrong place for trash fees to be charged and is pretty much guaranteed to create massive headaches for homeowners. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for headache
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Noun
  • The letter said that the Senate’s version of the bill would cut more than $4 billion in Medicaid funding, with a loss of more than 16,000 jobs.
    Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 29 June 2025
  • Each job brought a new environment with different obstacles and new problems to solve.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Neighbors call in concerned about true nuisances that could affect the enjoyment of their private property.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Reactions to the sudden move varied: Those in the community who considered the festival a nuisance were relieved.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • The first film saw Pattinson's Dark Knight tangoing with the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer plaguing Gotham City.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 June 2025
  • That’s why some people call the disease—which will affect more than 313,000 men in the U.S. in 2025—a silent killer.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The briefings were initially planned for earlier in the week but were postponed, to the frustration of the delegation.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
  • San Francisco tied it in the top of the third inning when Wilmer Flores, a day removed from his frustrations against Miami, pulled a double down the left-field line that allowed Bailey to score.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • This additional step would be a burden not only on families but on the IRS, which has been the subject of severe staff cuts by the Trump administration.
    Cory Turner, NPR, 20 June 2025
  • True spare capacity inside OPEC clocks in near three million barrels a day and sits inside the same blast zone, leaving diplomacy—so far untested in open conflict—to carry most of the burden.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The injunctions have been a thorn in the side of administrations from both parties, with aggrieved parties often filing in specific, favorable courts that would then issue nationwide stays on presidential orders.
    Peter Aitken Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • For nearly half a century, Iran has been a thorn in the side of the world, killing and maiming American soldiers, butchering Israeli citizens, threatening its neighbors and fostering terror around the world.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Separate efforts by the United Nations to distribute limited food have been plagued by armed gangs looting trucks and by crowds of desperate people offloading supplies from convoys.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
  • Botswana is also investing in mitigation efforts by phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and promoting various energy efficiency measures.
    Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The fact Ishiba’s LDP faces an election on July 20 only heightens the BOJ’s worries about the political establishment striking back.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • But plenty of Republicans have expressed worries about the provision as well, imperiling its passage.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 25 June 2025

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“Headache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headache. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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