grievance
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One hand holding a microphone, the other arm tightly tucked across her chest, she retreated to her zones of rhetorical comfort: grievance, victimhood, outrage.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
They can’t have anyone else in the room when they file a grievance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
“Hip-hop has become the global language of resistance — the musical form through which the dispossessed and disenfranchised articulate grievance and assert dignity,” Singh said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The movement that once shielded Owens is now discovering that monsters raised on grievance do not recognize fences.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026
He stood watching them for a while, a great grievance exploding in his mind.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Bill of Rights
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