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Your family might grouse about all these precautions, but in the end, they will be thankful for the results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The reversal of fortune prompted network executives to grouse that the Emmys had become a three-hour commercial for streaming services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In another spot of good news, firefighters Thursday rescued from the heart of the fire zone a black grouse -- an endangered species, with only 14 males and four or five females remaining in Belgium.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

However the BBC understands there are capercaillie - a large woodland grouse - around Ryvoan.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

She was a small, gray bird—a grouse, to be specific—though Clare never would have guessed it beneath all the nonsense.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The board grouses that the former board members also received “VIP Main Entrance passes” to the parks, but it’s hard to say that these were significant drains on the district’s bottom line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

He grouses that the "side effects" include "cramping and bleeding."

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023

Occasionally, someone grouses to McKim that he’s disrespecting books by selling them as decor, presumably because they’re no longer meant to be read.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022

“To hell with saperde” — a kind of cured fish — “and those who praise it,” he grouses in his gastronomic litany the “Hedypatheia,” of which only fragments survive.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

“I can’t believe Kiley accused me of just wanting attention,” Addie grouses.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

But although he may have groused privately, Bill Clinton did not retaliate against her; Reno remained at the Justice Department throughout his two terms.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Trump’s arch, groused the New York Times, “would drastically change the sightlines between some of the country’s most symbolic memorials.”

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

Some users groused on X about feeling cheated by the decision.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 1, 2026

They also groused about the growing ranks of venture capitalists, investment bankers, lawyers and consultants crawling the grounds, trying to cash in on the latest gold rush in Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

Galton’s talk might not have generated the effusive endorsement that he had expected—he later groused that his audience was “living forty years ago”—but he had obviously touched a raw nerve.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The ladies agree to allot 20 minutes to grousing about their aches and pains, and then they have to move on to some appointed discussion topic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

At the time, “Ohio” received criticism similar to the reaction to “Streets of Minneapolis:” a mix of grousing about rich rock stars capitalizing on tragedy combined with grumbling that the song just wasn’t very good.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026

This might seem like get-off-my-lawn grousing from a critic who misses the good old days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

By Tuesday night, however, he was grousing on his Truth Social website that China wasn't giving credit to the US for its support in World War Two.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

Those starting the grousing would tell you that problem wasn’t the players.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger