grievance
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The changes address a long-simmering grievance among travelers, some of whom have encountered checkout instructions that read less like the end of a vacation and more like the beginning of a Saturday spent doing housework.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
"If you have a grievance against the system, you don't care which part of the system you are targeting."
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The grievance isn’t new: A London minister complained in 1624 that “youth were never more sawcie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Should my friend file a grievance with the State Bar of Texas?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Louis Austin used the occasion to expound on a pet grievance: class divisions within the black community.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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In the pathetic galaxy of Gen Z men, anything from mid-century magazine ads to a Disney-owned sci-fi epic for children can be a stand in for their cultural grievances.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
He said 1,600 grievances logged, mainly from farmers requesting compensation for construction impacts on their crops, were resolved.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
But the social and economic grievances that boiled over so violently have not gone away, and nobody can escape the dreaded question: What’s next?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Macron has sought to distinguish between the rioters and most demonstrators, whom he said had legitimate grievances over living standards and education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Our divided movement is pulling together, gossip and grievances cast aside.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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