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
Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
These were five moments from The Feeling that had us in stitches… and, at one point, had Handler in a cast.
—Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 26 Mar. 2025
Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025
If Salah were to stay, then a central forward who could stitch the attack together and find runners ahead of him might mean that Cunha should be worthy of more attention.
—Andy Jones, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The 27-year-old will wear protective headgear after requiring 25 stitches around his left ear following an incident in Palace’s victory over local London rivals Millwall in the previous round on March 1.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
These were five moments from The Feeling that had us in stitches… and, at one point, had Handler in a cast.
—Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
Processing involved stitching the images together using specialized software known as PTGui, adjusting brightness and colors to match different sections of the sky, and reducing noise to enhance clarity.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025
If Salah were to stay, then a central forward who could stitch the attack together and find runners ahead of him might mean that Cunha should be worthy of more attention.
—Andy Jones, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stitch
Noun
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Early symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache and muscle aches, followed by coughing and shortness of breath.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Saatva Zenhaven latex mattress: on sale for $2,749 Original price: $3,399 Dealing with back aches?—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Doctors still will need to practice sawing into bone and suturing muscles.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2024
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And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.—
Bailey Trela,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Others, like the European Union, will attempt to hit America's economic jugular, hoping the economic pain will somehow bring Trump to the table.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, these promises gloss over the pain expected for U.S. consumers, who economists believe will end up paying higher prices.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Trapani, who enjoys sewing and repurposing fabrics, was immediately drawn to the craftsmanship and quality of the material.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Meister positions it over the ligament and sews it along the length like an embroidery stitch.—
Lindsey Adler,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Having to walk past those luxurious, roomy, and comfortable-looking lie-flat beds in business-class on your way to economy is enough to trigger a pang of jealousy.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Mar. 2025
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As the time of iftar, the breaking of the fast, nears, a day’s worth of hunger pangs combine with jockeying among patrons desperate to get their marook loaves and rush home before the call to prayer sounds from mosque minarets.—
Kiana Hayeri,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Analysts from the city’s Engineering and Capital Projects Department are scheduled to evaluate the tower this month with two key questions in mind — whether it can be repaired, and whether lifeguards can keep using it as it’s being fixed.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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He's got a lot of work to do to repair his reputation.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That tingle of anxiety will become an old friend, and the feeling of having triumphed over fear will become equally familiar, if not more familiar, than the fear itself.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Feeling that glimpse, at my luckiest moments, as an electric tingle racing the length of my spine.—
Leath Tonino,
Outside Online,
13 Jan. 2025
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Throughout the sting, titled Operation Jacked, roughly 140 of the 160 vehicles recovered were found at ports throughout New York or New Jersey.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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According to Europol, 39 child victims were protected as a result of the sting, and more than 3,000 devices were seized.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Stitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stitch. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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