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carping

[kahr-ping] / ˈkɑr pɪŋ /


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After years of carping about it, I am pleased to find VW’s latest infotainment system now mentally competent and even fun to use.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Believe me, I’m completely aware that I sound like a Scrooge, a buzzkill harping and carping about innocuous movies that are meant to be little more than background noise while people scroll on their phones.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2024

After enough of his students’ carping, however, Hayes decided to put the snakes to the test.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

“A lot of discourse around it. A lot of carping back and forth. A lot of anger. A lot of commentary,” Stewart said.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

The Morrison children, coming home from school, would find no aches, no carping, no headache.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck