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But some restaurateurs grouse that the apps also make diners feel removed from a restaurant and more blase about canceling, and less likely to just walk in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

However the BBC understands there are capercaillie - a large woodland grouse - around Ryvoan.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Even when we grouse about our jobs, by the water cooler and over Slack, the complaint is rarely about working hard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

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

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

The baby grouse—and there isn’t anything cuter than a grouse chick—bonded with Hawk and thought she was their mother.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

“To hell with saperde” — a kind of cured fish — “and those who praise it,” he grouses in his gastronomic litany the “Hedypatheia,” of which only fragments survive.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 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

A now gray-haired 60-something comic grouses and grumbles about a wide variety of topics in the stand-up special “Brian Regan: On the Rocks.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021

“D’you know,” the man grouses, “I could file a report. I stepped out for a moment, came back, and found her rummaging through the drawers of my desk. Outrageous!”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

“Had it not been for this infamous island, the American rebellion could not possibly have subsisted,” groused British Adm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 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

Simmon and Sovoy groused idly about the food, making grim speculations as to what manner of meat was in the stew.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

The boys started grousing and said they wanted a raisin and Nellie said it wasn’t her fault.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt