as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful
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as in to suture
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed
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Recent Examples of stitch
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Especially because Jones still had his stitches in.
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Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
21 June 2026
One of her Today colleagues even stitched the phrase onto a cushion for her.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
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Noun
The other man stabbed in the neck complained that the wound, which required three stitches, affected his ability to swallow and eat, prosecutors said.
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Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Especially because Jones still had his stitches in.
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Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Verb
The lining is stitched around the last like a glove, allowing the shoe to move with the foot.
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Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
21 June 2026
One of her Today colleagues even stitched the phrase onto a cushion for her.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitch
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Typical symptoms include fever, rash, body aches, headache, nausea and vomiting.
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Best and Last makes a mockery of growing old, entering the real world, trying to hold back the wrinkles and the aches and the creeping sense of mortality.
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The nerves can be sutured back together to minimize pain, Bank said, but most breast surgeons haven’t been trained to do this.
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The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.
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Margera tried to soothe the pain by submerging his fresh brand in a tub of filthy farm water, which resulted in a life-threatening staph infection that landed him in the hospital.
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The pain from high tuition does not stem from extraordinary tuition growth but rather from the lack of a commensurate growth rate in median family income.
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Another meaningful way to add a personal touch is to pick up needlepointing and sew your own throw pillows.
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Many continued sewing their own dresses, but incrementally made items that were more colorful or elaborate, or had different silhouettes.
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Kanaal is king for indulging elevenses hunger pangs, providing cakes, cookies, tea, coffee, and made-to-order traditional Dutch sweets including stroopwafles and puffertjes.
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To compensate for winter’s period of lean rations, however, flatties gorge in spring to ease their wake-up hunger pangs and again in fall to gain weight like bears preparing for hibernation.
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That’s because chocolate burns easily, and once scorched, it usually cannot be repaired.
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The biggest loss last season was captain Aleksander Barkov, who missed the entire campaign after undergoing reconstructive right knee surgery to repair the ACL and MCL following a training camp injury.
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Fruit extracts clarify excess oil and buildup, while a cooling mint complex and menthol deliver a refreshing tingle, leaving your scalp feeling clean, balanced, and freshly reset.
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In the case of Putnam County, that tingle is a roar — our collective sense that the fraud there goes back decades.
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The subscription economy and RAMageddon come for us all, but at least a sale can take a little bit of the sting out of it.
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Red wasps are aggressive insects with painful stings and can sting repeatedly.
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“Stitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitch. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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