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grievance

[gree-vuhns] / ˈgri vəns /


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Should my friend file a grievance with the State Bar of Texas?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

“We feel abandoned,” she said, echoing a widely shared grievance among Ceutíes, as the locals call themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

What happens when your boss is also the HR department, the grievance handler and the person deciding whether you get paid?

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

That if you are loud enough, and your engine is big enough, and your grievance is hot enough, that is the same thing as being a man.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Nourishing a grievance against the Arch- Community-Songster was useless; there was no possibility of being revenged on the Chief Bottler or the Assistant Predestinator.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Paul, meanwhile, was in a period of uncharacteristic autobiographical directness in his lyric-writing, documenting his grievances with his actor girlfriend Jane Asher while residing in her family’s London home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

John Kiragu, a local UDA youth leader, said he understood the grievances that had driven young people to protest.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He has opened up on his past troubles, present grievances, and at times promoted the virtues of crypto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Niger's government is facing threats on two fronts: extremist militant groups attacking the state, and grievances within its armed forces responsible for fighting them.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The friendship of Saruman and the power of Orthanc cannot be lightly thrown aside, whatever grievances, real or fancied, may lie behind.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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