grievance
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There’s quite a bit of grievance history in “This Land.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
One hand holding a microphone, the other arm tightly tucked across her chest, she retreated to her zones of rhetorical comfort: grievance, victimhood, outrage.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
That agreement resolved a union grievance addressing what the union regarded as administrative overreach and inattention to employees mired in lengthy investigations and disciplinary proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
It’s about how easily grievance turns into permission—how feeling wronged starts to look like a reason to do wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 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
Vocabulary lists containing grievance
The Bill of Rights
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