grievance
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More than 300 detainees are estimated to have signed grievance letters sent recently to facility administrators, according to advocates with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Although they've got until 2035 to hit the target, the US president will want proof Europe is addressing his long-standing grievance.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The bishop claimed Rev McCartney's allegations were the result of a personal grievance over theological differences.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
There’s quite a bit of grievance history in “This Land.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Our anger was like the anger of children, passing quickly from one petty grievance to another, from the memory of one slight wrong to another.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Promoting slum clearance and clean water while preventing adulterated food addressed popular grievances while offering competent, uncontroversial government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
But when you look at the document, it’s actually just a list of grievances against King George III. I think of the declaration as a breakup letter.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026
"I wanted to air the grievances we had."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Gamers took to social media to air their grievances, with one user on X posting “$80 game and can’t even get a disk.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“You know Tremaine better than any of us. So keep your personal grievances out of it and help our wild card out, yeah?”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Vocabulary lists containing grievance
The Bill of Rights
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Good Grief!: Grav, Griev
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