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complain

[kuhm-playn] / kəmˈpleɪn /


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Both will have plenty to complain about, and most of it will be about management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Howard Lutnick, the billionaire commerce secretary, bragged last year that if the Social Security Administration stopped sending checks to his mother-in-law she wouldn’t complain.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Why is it OK to recruit players, then complain when someone else recruits your players?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

In his third term he has overseen a drop in inflation and unemployment, but voters complain about a high cost of living and are fed up with crime.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

I make sure I complain the whole time.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

She is in her late 70s and complains of nagging aches and pains, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, and occasional changes in her weight.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

When he leaves, Margerison angrily describes her in his video commentary as "condescending" and complains that "they don't understand".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The agreement comes as Panama complains its boats are suffering tighter controls in China, following the cancellation of a Hong Kong company's concession to operate two ports in the Panama Canal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Hanks gets three of the best lines in movie history when he scolds a player who complains that the game is too hard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

She complains, too, but there are also moments when they simply forget that they are supposed to be arguing.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Recently, a client of ours complained through email about our services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

A group of former Cornell students, who belonged to the same Chi Phi fraternity as the seven accused but graduated before the alleged incident, also complained of online smear campaigns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Soldiers who spoke to the BBC in the past complained that they were ordered to remain at their positions at any costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

But another resident, Kellie Canning, complained the city had not done enough to prevent water damage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

She never complained about the shots and almost constant pain.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

The phone call had come from Amacher—the man now complaining the situation has been blown out of proportion—who said he had called the center, pretending to be a member of Talarico’s family.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The protesters are complaining about staff shortages and dilapidated facilities in the country's lycées, schools which are attended by 15-18-year-olds.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15 to 17-year-olds since late September, complaining of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Arellano: After complaining for an hour about how horrible California is...Hilton now says it’s “the most amazing” state of them all?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I remember my parents sitting in on angry internet meetings with other people from the town, complaining about taxes and worrying about the cost of a new building.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz


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