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has ached

  • present perfect of ache (3rd person singular).

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AMRITSAR, India — For seven decades, Sudarshana Rani has ached to learn her younger brother’s fate.

From New York Times Aug. 14, 2022

Then, too, my head has ached some, and it seemed to me the pain in my forehead would be better if I kept it cooler.”

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.

I was all those years at the Ship, with mother, after you went, and I have seen how her heart has ached for you.

From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

You do not know how my heart has ached for Ida.

From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

Mine has ached, till it's as hard as a stone.

From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.