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Koi carp reflect his love of Japan and the Japanese pond at his London home, while winged female figures echo his Virgo star sign, a motif he used on the Queen crest he designed himself.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The agency has been working with staff at Milton Country Park, near Cambridge, to develop one of its ponds into a haven for crucian carp, a protected native species in the UK.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Asian carp have been hurtling into boaters throughout the Midwest, where some now wear helmets and cups for protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

I had expected to see a carp the size of a river carp, perhaps a little bigger and slightly orange instead of brown.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

To her critics, Breed closed with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt prizing the person who strives in spite of setbacks rather than the naysayer who carps from the sidelines.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

He carps constantly about what he sees as unfair coverage by the news media.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2018

But I also feel like a nag who carps on a million little things.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2016

“As big events go, it felt pretty small,” carps Andrew Rosenthal, former editorial page editor of the New York Times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2016

Catfish must be the smartest fish there is, it’s like them and carps were the only fish that added rocks and horseflies together and came up with something bad.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Senior executives carped about Chapek to Disney board members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

And after violating a gag order 10 times, he carped carefully, particularly after Merchan threatened jail time.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

“You’re no fun anymore,” carped a college buddy I’d once partied with.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023

In The New Yorker, the influential and acerbic critic Pauline Kael carped that George Lucas was “in the toy business.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

But Lord Grey’s Government is already carped at, and not without apparent reason.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Henry Reeve

“Worrying about 20 people on his left carping on Twitter is not how he should be living,” Rosen said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Believe me, I’m completely aware that I sound like a Scrooge, a buzzkill harping and carping about innocuous movies that are meant to be little more than background noise while people scroll on their phones.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024

After enough of his students’ carping, however, Hayes decided to put the snakes to the test.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024

“A lot of discourse around it. A lot of carping back and forth. A lot of anger. A lot of commentary,” Stewart said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

The Morrison children, coming home from school, would find no aches, no carping, no headache.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck