toothache

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Recent Examples of toothache Pliny reported the use of a mole’s tooth as an aid for human toothache. Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025 Few health misfortunes are more universally understood or dreaded than a toothache. Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 May 2025 Taking NSAIDs can help relieve the discomfort of fever, muscle aches, back pain, toothaches, menstrual cramps, headaches, tendonitis, bursitis and more, says Dr. Anureet Walia, MD, a pain management specialist. Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025 Early the next day, Ms. Colon called the New York City medical examiner’s office to say that Mr. Guzman Parra’s dental records could be found at a free clinic in Harlem where he had been treated for a toothache. Maria Cramer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for toothache
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headache
Noun
  • The variant has similar symptoms to other strains, including fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, congestion or a runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, nausea or vomiting.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • These included headaches, hand pain, forearm pain, nerve damage in his left elbow, fatigue, decreased stamina and erectile dysfunction, according to the lawsuit.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025

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