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complain

[kuhm-playn] / kəmˈpleɪn /


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"When you get pulled and you're just about to score a goal, you normally complain like crazy. It'd a very odd reaction from Isak not to react."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Do you and your friends discuss your savings, debt and salary, or do you just complain about how expensive brunch has gotten and send the same $20 back and forth to each other on Venmo?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

On social media, posts complain that stores are using AI in combination with digital shelf tags to track shoppers’ interest and make sudden or personalized price changes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In his third term he has overseen a drop in inflation and unemployment, and lifted millions out of hunger, but voters complain about a high cost of living and are fed up with crime.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Too bad Mama won’t help us,” I complain.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

She is in her late 70s and complains of nagging aches and pains, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, and occasional changes in her weight.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

When he leaves, Margerison angrily describes her in his video commentary as "condescending" and complains that "they don't understand".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The agreement comes as Panama complains its boats are suffering tighter controls in China, following the cancellation of a Hong Kong company's concession to operate two ports in the Panama Canal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Hanks gets three of the best lines in movie history when he scolds a player who complains that the game is too hard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

She complains about the headaches she gets working there.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

Other San Diego residents have complained about sharing the city’s limited charging infrastructure with a new Waymo fleet that just launched in the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Trump, who complained of losing his voice earlier this week, had lashed out on Thursday when he was asked if he was scrapping the Kansas trip because he was "sick of traveling."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

With all of these changes, borrowers have complained that they have struggled to obtain basic information about their loans and to get paperwork processed in a timely fashion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

In her comments Thursday, Machado said the U.S.’s three-phase recovery plan for Venezuela was progressing, but complained that Rodríguez had yet to fully dismantle a repressive state apparatus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

She never complained about the shots and almost constant pain.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

“All the while, our customers are breaking down the doors complaining about our delivery delays.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The San Diego stations drivers are complaining about are privately owned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

She would go to hospital "four to five times a week" complaining of excruciating chest pain.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I won’t normalize somebody who said my childhood is just something I’m complaining about,” Acton said in a Tuesday appearance on Spectrum News.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

So I didn’t resist, although when we were back in the car and Mom started complaining about the price of gasoline, I wondered if maybe I should have.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee


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