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Recent Examples of soreness
Aids Muscle Relaxation and Recovery Combining turmeric and magnesium may support muscle relaxation and recovery, helping reduce muscle stiffness and soreness after physical activity.
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2026
Klay Thompson sat with left knee soreness for Dallas, which is without 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis due to a hand injury.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Flagg missed Wednesday’s game because of left ankle injury management, while Klay Thompson rested with left knee soreness.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Kings could be shorthanded with Zach LaVine (lower back soreness) and Malik Monk (right ankle soreness) are listed as questionable for Sacramento.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Wagner previously missed 16 games because of a left high ankle sprain but returned for two before lingering soreness occurred.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Kuminga was ruled out of Saturday’s game against the Wolves, diagnosed with left knee soreness on the team’s official injury report.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Scherzer hadn’t pitched in nearly a month because of soreness in his left shoulder.
—Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Kuminga, suddenly a more important member of the Warriors who has also requested a trade, left last night’s game with knee soreness.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2026
Klay Thompson sat with left knee soreness for Dallas, which is without 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis due to a hand injury.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Flagg missed Wednesday’s game because of left ankle injury management, while Klay Thompson rested with left knee soreness.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Kings could be shorthanded with Zach LaVine (lower back soreness) and Malik Monk (right ankle soreness) are listed as questionable for Sacramento.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Wagner previously missed 16 games because of a left high ankle sprain but returned for two before lingering soreness occurred.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Kuminga was ruled out of Saturday’s game against the Wolves, diagnosed with left knee soreness on the team’s official injury report.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Scherzer hadn’t pitched in nearly a month because of soreness in his left shoulder.
—Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Kuminga, suddenly a more important member of the Warriors who has also requested a trade, left last night’s game with knee soreness.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soreness
Noun
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That quiet shows the political discomfort this week’s shooting, coming just two weeks after an immigration agent shot another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, is causing for Republicans nationally.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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That can lead to a strong and possibly overwhelming feeling of pain or discomfort that’s hard to manage.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But anyone willing to consider the thicket of fears, affections and recriminations that grows through the cracks of a long relationship will find in these pages an almost unbearable tenderness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Let tenderness lead, and safety should grow organically.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There’s ample gore and jumpy moments, but the true scariness here is of the forlorn kind; leads Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen play the mounting nightmare with ache and desperation, elevating the emotional tenor of a dolefully eerie movie.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
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But Swims buckled into the ballad, standing tall and belting through the song’s inherent ache.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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The visits focus on loneliness and emotional distress, issues that many survivors say have intensified amid the war in Ukraine and rising antisemitism in the United States.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The demonstrations, sparked by economic distress and anger at Iran’s clerical rulers, were met with a sweeping crackdown that activists say has killed thousands.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Buying that morning coffee now comes with a slight eye twinge.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Even folks who seem to have it all together, like Ron’s slick CEO Jeff (Lou Diamond Phillips), only ever seem one twinge of embarrassment away from falling off the deep end.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Soreness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soreness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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