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Recent Examples of earache
Shortly after, Bom, of Germany, also developed a sore throat and earache too.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Common symptoms are a persistent sore throat, earache, hoarseness, and a lump in the throat or neck.
—Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 21 Nov. 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
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The limitations can turn even common ailments — such as toothaches or ear pain — into difficult medical conundrums.—
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The material challenges pile up: escalating mortgage bills, downgrading their car, a persistent toothache that mirrors his internal rot, and the devastating notice of an impending foreclosure on his childhood home.—
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The illness tends to come on abruptly, with symptoms including fever, sore throat, headaches and fatigue.—
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Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea.—
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Long stretches at a computer or tablet can cause eye strain and backaches, so encourage students to take regular movement breaks to stretch, walk around, or get fresh air.—
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Before getting her period, your daughter may experience mood changes, headaches, cramps, or backache.—
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With gallstones, the pain is known as gallbladder attacks or biliary colic.—
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The rare photo of Aurora that accompanied the revelation that the newborn has colic came after Blanchard shared side-by-side photos to highlight her weight loss transformation.—
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These can include physical symptoms such as headaches or stomachaches.—
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Then Paola and Elizabeth became ill – fever, stomachaches, vomiting.—
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Studies show that 50 percent of the global population is estimated to suffer from a Vitamin D insufficiency, and this time of year, the effects are even more obvious thanks to a lack of sun exposure—mood swings and fatigue set in, and general aches and pains can become worse.—
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Their days are filled with doctor’s visits and pill bottles, aches and pains.—
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One of the big gripes with Aaronson over the years at Leeds has been his poor final product or lack of killer instinct in the final third.—
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The traveler shared the gripe on Reddit’s Delta forum, detailing the unpleasant travel experience that happened on their almost 11-hour flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG).—
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“Earache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earache. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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