grouse

That afternoon, he managed to drop a grouse from 30 yards—dinner for the night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

Tensions were highlighted in 1932 by the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, moorland kept exclusively for grouse shooting by its owner, the Duke of Devonshire.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Many of the eight possible release areas have moorland used for driven grouse-shooting, a traditional field sport where red grouse, which golden eagles eat, are driven towards shooters by beaters.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

Clare lunged toward the grouse, arms outstretched to save her.

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

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

"Here we go again. Give Ted another idea he'll take all the credit for," Nate grouses in the latest heart-wrenching episode of "Ted Lasso."

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021

Even when he’s en route to get a well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he grouses about how he got wrapped up in all of this nonsense.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2020

“D’you know,” the man grouses, “I could file a report. I stepped out for a moment, came back, and found her rummaging through the drawers of my desk. Outrageous!”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

“He was really a brigadier,” the prime minister groused in 1953, when Eisenhower became president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

Fans and some artists have long groused about Ticketmaster, which was founded in 1976 and merged with Live Nation in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

“Only one dern spigot out here and it’s on the wrong side of the house,” she groused, twisting the knob that turned the water on.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

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

It’s not just grousing that these agencies sometimes deliver lawmakers bad news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 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

The boys started grousing and said they wanted a raisin and Nellie said it wasn’t her fault.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt