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It is drawing up plans for data centers that look more like Silicon Valley tech campuses or art museums, rather than windowless rectangles that neighbors often grouse about resembling prisons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

It wants gamebird shooting in England and Wales to be licensed, as red grouse shooting now is in Scotland.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

There was nothing I could grouse about, and I simply admired a good game played.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

Since the 1910s Egyptians had bemoaned the “notorious volatility of tomato prices” the way Americans grouse about fluctuating gasoline prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

But there were no tracks leading out to the center of the clearing, no fox tracks around the grouse cave.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Originally tagged to play Frankenstein’s Monster, he grouses that the character doesn’t even have any lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2022

Occasionally, someone grouses to McKim that he’s disrespecting books by selling them as decor, presumably because they’re no longer meant to be read.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022

"Here we go again. Give Ted another idea he'll take all the credit for," Nate grouses in the latest heart-wrenching episode of "Ted Lasso."

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021

Even when he’s en route to get a well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he grouses about how he got wrapped up in all of this nonsense.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2020

“I can’t believe Kiley accused me of just wanting attention,” Addie grouses.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

But although he may have groused privately, Bill Clinton did not retaliate against her; Reno remained at the Justice Department throughout his two terms.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Trump’s arch, groused the New York Times, “would drastically change the sightlines between some of the country’s most symbolic memorials.”

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

Fans and some artists have long groused about Ticketmaster, which was founded in 1976 and merged with Live Nation in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

Some users groused on X about feeling cheated by the decision.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 1, 2026

“Only one dern spigot out here and it’s on the wrong side of the house,” she groused, twisting the knob that turned the water on.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

But the move, he assured grousing Protestant leaders, had nothing to do with “the functions of church and state.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

At the time, “Ohio” received criticism similar to the reaction to “Streets of Minneapolis:” a mix of grousing about rich rock stars capitalizing on tragedy combined with grumbling that the song just wasn’t very good.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026

This might seem like get-off-my-lawn grousing from a critic who misses the good old days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

By Tuesday night, however, he was grousing on his Truth Social website that China wasn't giving credit to the US for its support in World War Two.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

But on most days, especially the warm ones, life exhausts him; the worsening traffic and graffiti and company politics, everyone grousing about bonuses, benefits, overtime.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr