whine
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People can whine all they want, but math doesn’t lie.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Katie Miller can whine all she wants, but I have a feeling the kids aren’t listening.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
While I’m sure that I’m not alone in feeling this way, I know that my family and friends are sick of hearing me whine about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
On “Me Ha Costado,” Vega, who hails from Baja California Sur, combines blown-out 808s with a G-funk whine to create a pan-Californian posse track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Uncle yelled over the high whine stacked on deep bottom notes.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Mr. Bond also explores how researchers are able to interpret the “language” of certain animals, notably the different barks and whines of dogs and the songs and calls of birds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
No one whines about having to clean the bathroom or having a night shift.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
I can get the reasoning to build out his role, but the gags are clunky from the get-go, including a tedious stretch in which Braxton whines about his urgent desire to adopt a corgi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
He has to sit still and do what he's told, which he whines about ad nauseum when he's outside of court.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
Fifi whines periodically, and Yoyo has recited something for the men, he can tell from the singsong in her voice.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
“Everything she says in her post about me can be shown to be demonstrably false with a simple search,” Musk whined in one reply.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
This would be the ruin of the NBA, or so the critics whined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
“But I just want you to try,” I whined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
Certain visitors whined, whinged and wept, especially as they approached the exit.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
And the monstruo actually whined, holding its injured snout.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The epic whining heard across MLB over the Tarik Skubal acquisition is evidence Andrew Friedman and Dodgers management are a masterclass in demonstrating creative leadership to cultivate a winning ballclub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
“I don’t know what y’all are whining about,” he once said as the crowd jeered him after yet another victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
As he pushed us out of the house, sniffling and whining, Doña Lola took down the curtain that divided the room in two and rolled our hammocks out of the way.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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