grouse
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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
While the main purpose is to encourage new heather growth for grouse and other animals to feed on, it also gets rid of excess vegetation which can fuel wildfires.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025
Then grouse feed on them too, finding them on bare and windswept ledges or following the antelope to feed where they have scratched away the snow.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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