as in pangs
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
felt a twinge in her knee on that cold, rainy morning
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When its inevitable end arrives, the sun’s core will exhaust the last traces of hydrogen fuel and kick off the first stellar death pangs.
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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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My boredom typically spurs feelings of frustration, guilt, shame—and long nutritionless spells of goggling, slack-jawed, at celebrity news on my phone while the world throbs around me.
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Pain that is not a word throbs in his shoulders, awakens him each morning.
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Having witnessed centuries of religious warfare in Europe, when millions were killed for their beliefs, the framers took pains to make sure nothing like that would happen here.
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Perhaps second only to getting sunburned through your favorite white dress, the greatest casualty of summer fashion is the aches and pains brought on by your cutest but least supportive shoes.
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Symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea or rash, according to the CDC.
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Some people also experience body aches, headache or vomiting.
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Researchers suggested that future studies should include people who actually experience tingles to better understand how ASMR might help with mental health and relaxation.
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Nothing really itches my brain like a crisp white tee poking out the top of a sweater.
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The mom of two—Larkin also has a 5-year-old daughter with husband Bill—told Newsweek that Elle often itches her neck due to severe ezcema and other environmental allergies such as dust.
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The law lets states send Amber Alert-style warnings when a shark bites someone nearby, aiming to keep unsuspecting swimmers out of the water during rare but dangerous events.
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An unprovoked shark attack is defined by ISAF as when a shark bites a human in its own habitat without any provocation by the human.
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But in the final moments, when Carol is back in her coach seat on the plane, something nags at her.
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“Twinges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twinges. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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