complain
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"Ex footballers will all be saying handball and no one would complain about it."
From BBC • May 17, 2026
“The two things that consumers notice and complain about first and foremost are rises in food and fuel prices. Yet, in this case, they continue to spend because they have the money to do so.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
In June 2025, Mejer allegedly called deputies to complain that someone had posted pictures online of her son, then 13, riding an e-motorcycle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t complain, I like to be in my thoughts, but who would have thought that at fifty, suddenly, it’s just me, my dog and our silence?
From Salon • May 9, 2026
There wasn’t a lot of excitement in being a servant, and the only thing she had learned in the past few days was that Mrs. Caruthers liked to complain about everything.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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