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  • noun Plural form of backache.

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Examples

  • Do you ever experience physical symptoms such as backaches, dry eyes or headaches after playing video games?

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  • After a dormant period in the first several weeks following infection, the virus erupts into action, causing bouts of severe anxiety, lacerating headaches and backaches, and crippling nausea.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • After a dormant period in the first several weeks following infection, the virus erupts into action, causing bouts of severe anxiety, lacerating headaches and backaches, and crippling nausea.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • But I definitely see a difference in the way my clothes fit, I feel lots more energetic, and best of all, my chronic backaches have improved significantly.

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  • After a dormant period in the first several weeks following infection, the virus erupts into action, causing bouts of severe anxiety, lacerating headaches and backaches, and crippling nausea.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • I've had problems with my current one giving me backaches.

    Build Your Own Custom Ergnomic Desk | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • But I definitely see a difference in the way my clothes fit, I feel lots more energetic, and best of all, my chronic backaches have improved significantly.

    Walking Woman 2009

  • One idea en route: carts powered by inexpensive electric bike motors to ferry heavy parts—saving worker backaches, time and more costly machinery.

    For Toyota, Patriotism and Profits May Not Mix Chester Dawson 2011

  • Foreign companies have been selling some of the yoga postures as therapies to relieve stress or backaches.

    India To Patent Yoga Postures | Impact Lab 2010

  • (See Childhood activities can set the stage for future backaches.)

    How to choose a backpack for back-to-school 2010

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