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moan

noun as in groan, complaint

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verb as in groan, complain

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Manchester United did not have to play particularly well to beat Crystal Palace on Sunday, and Eagles boss Oliver Glasner moaned afterwards about the club's failure to bring players in over the summer.

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Johnson wants to usher people who moan that today’s movies aren’t any good back into his sacred space, the cinema.

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Recent college graduates are moaning about their struggle to find jobs.

Ghostly moans and wails whisper from somewhere far away.

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At her mother’s words she began to moan, soft and high-pitched, but it sounded just like the singing of the samovar, and no one paid her any mind.

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

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