as in discomfort
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Noun
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As for the backlash from other family members, Hughes says the OP shouldn't take responsibility for their discomfort.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025 -
In a sport where losses far outnumber wins, success requires learning to embrace discomfort and grow stronger from each challenge.—
Samantha Bergin,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to Omaha Steaks, the cut comes from the short loin of a cow and is prized for its balance of tenderness and flavor.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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On one of her bare shoulders, a thumb-size bruise, which Cassidy sees with something like satisfaction, though also tenderness.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Strep throat can cause symptoms like severe sore throat, sudden fever, and body aches.—
Sarah Hudgens,
Health,
27 Feb. 2025
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This ailment can lead to dizziness, muscle aches, paralysis, and, in some very serious cases, death.—
Mariette Williams,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While local authorities have since said the incident spawned from a physical altercation between two attendees, and that firearms were not involved, the resulting melee left at least 10 people with non-life-threatening injuries and numerous claiming emotion distress.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Garcia’s damages included physical pain, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, humiliation, inconvenience, grief, disfigurement, physical impairment, anxiety and emotional distress, according to a recording of the verdict from Courtroom View Network.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But these little twinges the audience might feel about everyone being mortal only added, if anything, to the evening’s personal potency, and the vitality of a reconvening of the tribe that supported the Wilson sisters from the outset, along with strays picked up during the MTV years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Then, as the show progresses into new story lines and the rest of the cast tries to carry on without their key player, almost like a phantom limb, the audience feels a constant twinge that something is missing.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2024
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“Soreness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soreness. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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