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“Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,” David Goodman said.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

While Americans moan about $4 to $5 a gallon gas, Europeans pay the equivalent of $7 to $9 a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

To mention the most popular moan, the silver screen has been losing its monopoly on displaying moving pictures since the arrival of TV in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Kelton and I grumble and moan about it, trying to filter our whole experience with Henry through this new lens, and decide it’s not worth it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

It took a first home defeat to Leeds since 1981 for the real moans to start.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

When things get really dire for these characters, you’ll hear those moans — and maybe a couple of bleak chuckles, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

“Why am I getting involved with a cinephile?” moans Beau-Beau, speaking for many an indie producer to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Phyllis, who always sees herself as the victim and not the aggressor, moans.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

A mournful hush fell over the barn, broken only by the long, low moans of a saddle pony who missed his absent stable companion.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

She sang open-throated declarations, recited broken poetic verses, scatted with the authority of a jazz singer, moaned with bluesy intent, and occasionally let loose an unbridled shriek or giggle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

"Palace have to sell Guehi. Palace are not Manchester City. I played in Europe with Wolves with a super small squad. We never moaned, we cracked on. That is just life."

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

I moaned and groaned about the ridiculous minutiae with all my mom friends, but secretly I loved every video about 12 ways to decorate with fairy lights.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2024

“So maybe I won’t be warm,” Ms. Kadyrova, 85, moaned.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

She moaned like the ghosts that haunt other ghosts.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

With universities moaning to Congress about their inability to compensate athletes while maintaining large athletic programs—look at the push for antitrust protection—no financial opportunity should be ignored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The director’s moaning score here, supplemented with sputtering engines and clanking chains, underline the movie’s ghost-story vibe — the sense that poor Nick is both alive and dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

“Get me rewrite!” he seems to be moaning.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

I can understand why he did that, it's common sense, but I don't see many managers now moaning about it - even the ones who want to play in a different way to me.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025

The young beech tree was still moaning, but it hadn’t long to live.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver