grievance

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For others the trigger is grievance, isolation or personal instability, which gradually hardens inside online echo chambers, where resentment circulates freely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Contract negotiations, which began in September, have focused on the use of artificial intelligence, pay raises and “basic protections” including grievance procedures.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

There was no recalibration nor hint of strategic retreat, only chest-thumping and grievance.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

The system, he added, shifts control "decisively away from users", with "grievance processes and appeals operate on slower clocks", Gupta added.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The sole grievance and alloy thus removed in the prospect of Harriet’s welfare, she was really in danger of becoming too happy for security.—What had she to wish for?

From "Emma" by Jane Austen