grating
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But for some in Labour the grating thing about their dismal position now is it's different to losing to the Conservatives - that feeling is familiar, it's in their DNA.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
That made him few friends in his own party, with many finding his personal ambition grating — he once wrote a letter to then-Gov.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
On audio, narrating her memoir “Famesick,” her voice is, alas, all grating, all the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
When these strips are positioned closer together than the wavelength of light, the grating can act like a near-perfect mirror while also holding the light inside a very small volume.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
A faint grating noise came from within the room, and it was not, I was certain, the sound of someone writing in a ledger.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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