carp

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

The carp seller was explaining the ruckus to a sergeant while the oyster seller reloaded his cart.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

“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

Observers carped about galactic-sized egos and privilege, but TV couldn’t resist the thundering rocket launches or William Shatner, 90, wisecracking his way where no “Star Trek” actor had gone before.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

Manor and moor and farm and wold   Their greed begrudged him sore, And parchments old with passionate hold   They guarded heretofore; And they carped at signature and seal,   But they may carp no more.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow

We need people who love our country so much that they are willing to accept the challenge—and the inevitable carping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

Respectfully, the fans carping about coach DeShaun Foster after three games of a predictably difficult season are missing an essential point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2024

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

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024

When I persisted in my carping to the economists, they generally backed down a bit, conceding that while wages at the bottom are going up, they’re not going up very briskly.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich