grumpy
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It’s Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, whose maddening play once clogged up the text chains of grumpy Knicks fans, but now feel like family.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
He achieved greatness though an epic amplification of a uniquely L.A. positivity in which grumpy became wistful.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
“Trips to China have made me grumpy and given me a bad attitude toward American-market EVs,” wrote Kevin Williams at InsideEVs.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
"If you want to speak to one of them at three in the morning, you know, they won't be grumpy or tell you to stop texting them."
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
At first, I was grumpy that she woke me, but then when she told me, I felt so happy.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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