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ails

verb as in hurt

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A libertarian foreign policy is the only cure for what ails us abroad.

If America is fortunate, the economy will continue to improve, while the 2016 campaign will focus on what ails the country.

In the long run, taking the pain now might just be the best medicine for the rot of hyper-partisanship that ails our body politic.

John Avlon on the rot of hyper-partisanship that ails our body politic.

From The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.

But all things, I fear, do not go well with them; they look discontentedly, but I know not what ails them.

It was decidedly trying to be the object of so much school-boy wit; to hear over and over again: "Ikey, what ails your nose?"

"I can't imagine what ails Ikey; he is as cross as a bear," remarked Carl, closing his book with a bang.

Then her husband was alarmed, and asked: 'What ails you, dear wife?'

A man who knows only books may believe that by writing a new prescription he can cure the world of what ails it.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ails, such as: bother, afflict, annoy, pain, distress, and upset.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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