as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful
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as in to suture
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed
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Recent Examples of stitch
Jen Juneau, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Modine had a rough time – with several head injuries requiring stitches – even before the damning reviews.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Neither is it stitched by vignettes nor ensconced by the crafts of atmospheric immersion.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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Before the documentary was released, one scene of the three talking already had people in stitches, thanks to Smith’s frankness.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Modine had a rough time – with several head injuries requiring stitches – even before the damning reviews.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Amaral began using horsehair as a material in the late 1960s, exploiting its natural stiffness which enabled her to scale up her work, for example with ‘Gran Muro’ (‘Great Wall’) which features strips of different lengths and thicknesses stitched onto a cotton backing.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Neither is it stitched by vignettes nor ensconced by the crafts of atmospheric immersion.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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People who aren’t pregnant can expect fever, muscle aches and fatigue that feel like the flu, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and seizures.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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Some individuals may also develop fevers, body aches and other flu-like symptoms.Katia Hetter, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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If the body has suffered an injury, Sweeney will suture the wound together, then use mortuary wax and cosmetics to smooth it over.Mike Winters,Gene Kim, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
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And perhaps most importantly, what detergent does the hospital use to keep his scrubs looking so white? In non-Kelce news, Episode 3 basically lays out a list of killer suspects, all of whom exhibit expert suturing abilities.Andy Swift, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Persistent back pain is another indicator – this, too, is the result of tiny fractures or compression of the spine.Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Their pain affects not just them, but also their parents and siblings.Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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The ethos and history of surfing, connected to early royals in Hawaii, is tightly sewn to the Polynesian culture.Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The movement quickly caught on, and the hashtag was used by athletes around the world, the UN, the Spanish government and even sewn onto the Seville men’s team shirts.Jamie Lang, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
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But sometimes your best dinner-planning efforts can’t stave off those hunger pangs.Caroline Tien, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
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British Rating: 9/10 — Anyone who has ever experienced the vicious wild parakeets of London will experience a horrifying pang of recognition.Hannah Strong, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
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The sizable structure survived a car crash in 2010, but the city repaired it with new metal and paint work that was not suited to Minnesota winters, according to Pease.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2024
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Apple iPhones have generally been hard to repair, but a recent iFixit teardown found the iPhone 16 to be the most repairable Apple smartphone.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Certainly there is beauty and awe to fill anyone’s soul, but does a chill draft blow through there as well, leeching ice into the spirit and sending a frisson of tingles down one’s spine?Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
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Any horror novel worth its salt should make the heart race and the spine tingle, as if a great, hairy spider was skittering along each vertebrae.Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Nevertheless, the Bank of America analysis underscores the sting that inflation continues to have on consumers across income groups.Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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As a result, no pay hike can offset the sting of higher chicken prices.Nick Rockel, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Stitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitch. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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