grumble
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Habaneros grumble that the money he spent turning old palaces into stunning hotels -- now empty -- was wasted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
And the frequency with which he repeats his grumble suggests this is a moment he may find hard to forget.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
In a flash, the journalist is gone, leaving Gustav to grumble, “TikTok troll.”
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
They weren’t told what they’d be targeting, leading some of them to grumble about being pulled off the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
“It’s fine,” I grumble as she’s turning out onto the street.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
Yes, there have been grumbles - including from those who have seen parking spaces outside their houses taken - and taxi drivers and shop owners the Games have passed by.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
If Celtic emerge victorious on Sunday, grumbles about Rangers' record in big games will grow louder.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
“These people believe that you take the scab off of a wound and take it off again and again until something miraculous happens,” Boritt grumbles to the camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
"We're the same as two years ago, but worse," grumbles Hector Sanchez, a 62-year-old waiter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
“My dad said that he’d let us know as soon as they learned something,” he grumbles.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Two decades ago, customers grumbled about U.S. airlines charging for checked bags, which was the start of all the unbundling that followed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Rep. Cyrus King of Massachusetts grumbled that Jefferson’s collection included “irreligious and immoral books” and complained that the funds could be spent for “purposes more indispensable than the purchase of a library.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But his internal critics long privately grumbled, and more recently increasingly publicly grumbled that this amounted to him all too often not being able to articulate what he did believe.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
"This is not a life," one of the relocated mothers grumbled.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Then she shook her head and grumbled at me.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
But the move risks alienating customers who already may be grumbling about the complex array of ticket options when it comes time to book a flight.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
It's hot, everyone's grumbling and nobody in your house can sleep - which means summer has officially arrived.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Leto’s grumbling Brit-inflected baritone is an unrecognizable concoction of trilled r’s and plummy vowels — and the best performance he’s done in years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Back on Tasman Drive, tourists excitedly posed for pictures next to a speed bump sign as a grumbling resident glared at them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Amid the cheering there was quite a bit of resentful grumbling.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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