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twinged

verb

past tense of twinge

as in throbbed

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My knee throbbed from hitting the rocks and the questions filled my head.

— Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
There have been plenty of times when my feet throbbed after hours of sightseeing.

— Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026

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In a 1997 heavyweight championship bout, Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield's right ear.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The couple was in the process of being arrested when the man bit a Charlotte firefighter called to the home, and took an officer’s metal baton and swung it at him, according to an arrest warrant.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026

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The rich have been stung by a surprise 20% tax on their offshore wealth, much of it squirreled away in trusts in Hong Kong and Singapore, triggering a new rush for foreign passports.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
But Wednesday’s result stung, as the 25-point defeat is the second-most lopsided season-opening loss in Heat history.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

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Jennifer Aniston told Glamour her eyes itched and burned while reading scripts, pushing her to use drops multiple times an hour.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Underwood had divvied up his team between an offensive coordinator (his son, Tyler) and defensive (Zach Hamer) but when Hamer itched to move into more of a player development role, Underwood challenged the duo to find him someone young, smart and willing to tweak, but not reinvent, the defense.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026

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The ranks of the protesters have also swelled to include some more opportunistic looters and agitators.

— Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 19 Oct. 2026
Piper Sandler’s annual teen survey — polling 9,000 teens across 47 states — shows overall beauty spend swelled 7 percent this year, with growth across all key categories, including cosmetics, skin care, hair and fragrance.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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One day, at a hardware store near Flagg Mountain, he was pained to see bundles of fatwood—pine heartwood—being sold as kindling.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
As someone who deals with an immense amount of scrutiny regarding his own appearance, Davidson is pained to see the vitriol another ex, Grande, has been subjected to of late.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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