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Recent Examples of earache
Common symptoms are a persistent sore throat, earache, hoarseness, and a lump in the throat or neck.
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Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 21 Nov. 2024
Irritation in your throat and certain nerves can lead to sore throat, cough, trouble swallowing, and earache.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
In some cases, students may even attend with an earache, diarrhea or wheezing, according to the health department’s guidelines.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
While children may have a harder time distinguishing a bug in their ear from a general earache, adults should be able to tell right away.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
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Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 21 Nov. 2024
Irritation in your throat and certain nerves can lead to sore throat, cough, trouble swallowing, and earache.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
In some cases, students may even attend with an earache, diarrhea or wheezing, according to the health department’s guidelines.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
While children may have a harder time distinguishing a bug in their ear from a general earache, adults should be able to tell right away.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earache
Noun
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Treatment of toothaches depends on the cause but may include professional dental cleaning, placement of a dental filling, root canal treatment, antibiotics, or oral surgery.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
21 July 2025
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Loneliness, everyone agrees, is unpleasant—a little like a toothache of the soul.—
Paul Bloom,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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In the early stages, people may experience fatigue, fever, headaches, muscle aches, and a distinctive bull’s-eye rash.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Economic Worries Add To Pressure Economic concerns are also causing a headache for the Trump administration, with multiple recent polls showing a downward trend in the president's approval rating on his handling of the economy and inflation.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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Before getting her period, your daughter may experience mood changes, headaches, cramps, or backache.—
Cordelia Nwankwo,
Verywell Health,
31 Mar. 2025
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Researchers found that for people with a history of backache, participating in a walking program stretched out the time between back pain episodes from 112 to 208 days.—
Don Rauf,
EverydayHealth.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Gripe water is an herbal remedy some parents use to ease their babies' gas, colic, or general fussiness.—
Brandi Jones,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Symptoms, called a gallbladder attack or biliary colic, often start after eating a big meal or during the night or evening.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
11 June 2025
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Most people get fever, vomiting, stomachaches and diarrhea after eating tainted food, symptoms that can run for four to seven days.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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Rates of depressive symptoms, loneliness and physical complaints such as headaches and stomachaches have also worsened.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Symptoms may include fever, muscle aches, nausea, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea for those with a mild illness.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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The world is a blur behind tears, an ache in my chest, my biggest pain.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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That’s been an ongoing gripe for exporters, given that the 27-country EU remained the U.K.’s largest trading partner after Brexit was finally enacted in 2020.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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Filmmakers have actually known about this gripe for years.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
11 July 2025
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“Earache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earache. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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