stomachache
Americannoun
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stomachaches
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noun
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It sounds like a recipe for a stomachache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
It’s not giving anything away to say that Amber, hopelessly smitten with Joe and unaware she was pregnant, has given birth alone after suffering from what she thought was a stomachache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
In the second, she child complained of a stomachache.
From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023
It was an “Aladdin”-like play called “Billy’s Wonderful Kettle” in Manchester, England, and the 7-year-old McDermott was so excited the night before, he got a stomachache that kept him from going.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The day of the dance—the day of Ivy’s thirteenth birthday—she woke up with a stomachache, but not a sick stomachache.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Perhaps that’s why I’ve held on so tightly to a bit of wisdom that my mom gave me when I was a kid plagued by stomachaches.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2023
He brought up his dyslexia, which he has spoken of many times, but went deeper into how it made him “fake stomachaches and dizziness” to ditch school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
This year, the coffee chain has a list of seven holiday beverages, so I bravely ordered every single one of them and risked stomachaches and jitteriness in order to properly and accurately rank these drinks.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2022
And some included physical symptoms, such as headaches and stomachaches.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2022
She had nightmares and got stomachaches when her mother went away on trips.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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