stomachache
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It sounds like a recipe for a stomachache.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
Maryland’s Montgomery County recommends keeping a child home with a stomachache, “pale or flushed face” or “thick yellow discharge from the nose.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024
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
In the tenth grade, before their debate competition, Annabelle told Mrs. Lehwalder she had a stomachache and had to go home.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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