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as in jobs
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
filling out all the required forms was a real headache
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as in frustrations
something that is a source of irritation
one of the headaches of being a band teacher is never knowing if the school's music program will be cut
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Recent Examples of headaches
At the higher doses, most people had brief hallucinations or visual distortions, along with some nausea and headaches.
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Dr. Christian S. Monsalve, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
The exhausted teen has headaches and blurred vision sleeps about 75% of the day.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Other common side effects included nausea and headaches.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
However, Sumpter was later diagnosed with preeclampsia—a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, excessive swelling, headaches, body pain, and alarming levels of protein in urine—and giving birth affected her appearance.
—Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
For more severe and potentially life-threatening infections, symptoms may include headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Neighborhood headaches and protests Not everyone is pleased with the diner.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Dehydration can lead to fatigue, headaches, and a host of other issues, especially when flying.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
These cases show how AI errors, even when small, can cause real-world headaches if there is no strong QA in place.
—Gopinath Kathiresan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Dr. Christian S. Monsalve, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
The exhausted teen has headaches and blurred vision sleeps about 75% of the day.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Other common side effects included nausea and headaches.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
However, Sumpter was later diagnosed with preeclampsia—a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, excessive swelling, headaches, body pain, and alarming levels of protein in urine—and giving birth affected her appearance.
—Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
For more severe and potentially life-threatening infections, symptoms may include headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Neighborhood headaches and protests Not everyone is pleased with the diner.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Dehydration can lead to fatigue, headaches, and a host of other issues, especially when flying.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
These cases show how AI errors, even when small, can cause real-world headaches if there is no strong QA in place.
—Gopinath Kathiresan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headaches
Noun
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Most recently, last year in Bangladesh, students mobilized to call for the end of a controversial quota system for government jobs.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Her policy lens is rooted in her own experience growing up in a working-class family and juggling multiple jobs to pay the bills.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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For Wilson, her story starts like that of many who face the same frustrations, but few who use their magic to turn them into solutions.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025
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Their frustrations with current solutions point to future opportunities.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At the outset of this meditative novel, a pair of out-of-work twins who are haunted by their parents’ histories as thieves and killers decide to go on a hunt for a puma that is terrorizing farmers and livestock in the highlands of Tasmania.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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One of the killers of curiosity is assumptions.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite my best efforts to neatly square away all of my things inside my carry-on bag or checked luggage, my suitcase eventually ends up looking like a scene out of Twisters.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Schneider said any crackdowns on potential violators are more likely to be aimed at organized efforts to circumvent consumer protection laws, rather than go after every individual who may skirt regulations.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But according to Aaron Shmulewitz, a real-estate lawyer, the process for dealing with a repeat window flasher in your co-op isn’t all that different from other nuisances like someone across the hall blasting metal music at midnight.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Such technologies can revolutionize how business is carried out and benefit employees, employers and customers—reducing administrative burdens, enhancing business intelligence and improving the user experience.—
M. Todd Abner,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Studies have indicated girls reported higher levels of anxiety and depression during the pandemic, plus more caretaking burdens than boys, but the dip in academic performance did not appear outside STEM.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This body is now written into the club’s articles of association, in theory reducing the chance of problems.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The past year has been marred by a number of troubles, including resolving management problems and financial issues.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One was treated for minor injuries, likely from rose-bush thorns, Christensen said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Both the northern and southern branches of the reef have been battered lately by tropical storms and the encroachment of invasive coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, but heat stress driven by warming oceans is the primary cause, scientists told the BBC.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Headaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headaches. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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