grouse
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Even when we grouse about our jobs, by the water cooler and over Slack, the complaint is rarely about working hard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
There was nothing I could grouse about, and I simply admired a good game played.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025
What’s the point of working so hard at this if I’m not honored? he might grouse.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
Some today may grouse about the rules, “but it keeps Santa Barbara looking like Santa Barbara, and not Ventura or Goleta,” Green said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
The grouse grew up and most of them went back to the wild.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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