sores

noun

plural of sore
1
as in swellings

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as in warts

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  1. swellings
  2. welts
  3. aches
  4. pains
Noun
  • Burls are sound, hard, woody swellings or protrusions that form on the trunks, branches, or roots of trees.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
  • This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
Definition of swellings
Noun
  • Autopsy photos displayed in court revealed welts, bruises and scars all over the boy’s body, and police found ropes and chains in the apartment that witnesses said were used to restrain him.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Their bites would leave itchy red welts on my hands and feet.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of welts
Noun
  • Within days, his temperature had spiked and he was racked with body aches and exhaustion.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • For instance, fatigue, brain fog and body aches can be linked to menopause, fibromyalgia or even an underlying thyroid disorder.
    — Cheyenne Buckingham, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of aches
Noun
  • Flock fights to obscure 100,000 cameras For Flock protesters, cases like the one in Florida are disturbing, since Flock appears to take great pains to obscure who owns cameras where and how large its camera network is.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Communications obtained under the state’s public records law — first published by the Animal Welfare Institute and reported on by the Salt Lake Tribune — show Utah officials took pains to protect the farm’s privacy amid the outbreak.
    — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of pains
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“Sores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sores. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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