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smarted

verb

past tense of smart

as in ached

to feel or cause physical pain the injection only smarted for a moment

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Her lower back had ached during dinner, and, sure enough, there was the tarnished rust of her period in her underwear.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Miguel Cabrera ached through his final years with the Tigers.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 June 2026

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Going forward, the company will need to continue executing and deliver a higher-for-longer revenue acceleration to truly silence the bears and prove AI is helping, not hurting, its business.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
In addition to hurting consumers, Bird asserts that the uncertainty, along with Paramount’s $7 million ticking fee, will pull down an industry that’s just starting to get back on its feet.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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