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grumpy

[gruhm-pee] / ˈgrʌm pi /


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“Trips to China have made me grumpy and given me a bad attitude toward American-market EVs,” wrote Kevin Williams at InsideEVs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

With Musk in place and chasing his record payday, grumpy valuation math can give way for now to open-ended optimism about Tesla’s robo future.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

“It looks good on a picture, and that’s about it,” Hennessey says, adding that in his own restaurant, he uses larger carafes to smooth out service and keep diners from getting grumpy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The update will also see the “Animal Crossing” world’s familiar grumpy mole, Resetti, offering a “reset service” to clean up a player’s island.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

He loved Mom’s Texas cousins, but all of them, five wild little girls and their grumpy mama, lived in a tiny little house.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis




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