kvetch
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“They signed on to extensive letters and virtue-signaling criticism. They held ‘unhappy hours’ at the building where most of them worked, to kvetch about the changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
“People, and particularly women, tend to kvetch and converse and complain about what offends them, and then they vote according to what affects them,” she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
It’s easy to kvetch about wearing long underwear to watch Little League games or donning a down jacket to work in the garden.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
“The more we kvetch, the more likely it is that we will continue to kvetch.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2020
“No, but I had to listen to him kvetch for a solid twenty minutes before he surrendered them. If there’s one thing that man knows, it’s how to lecture people.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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