grouse
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It wants gamebird shooting in England and Wales to be licensed, as red grouse shooting now is in Scotland.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Young people grouse that employers are monitoring their productivity with “surveillance state technologies” and expect them to “do six jobs in a 40-hour workweek.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
There was nothing I could grouse about, and I simply admired a good game played.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025
What’s the point of working so hard at this if I’m not honored? he might grouse.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
Granddad’s out fishing for trout in the river with a homemade rod or hunting grouse or partridge across the fields.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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