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“Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,” David Goodman said.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

He meets the younger singer on her turf: The track is a theatrical pop confection with a busy, singsong melody, and Mr. Smith’s ageless cracked moan makes him sound like an approving father figure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

While Americans moan about $4 to $5 a gallon gas, Europeans pay the equivalent of $7 to $9 a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

The second time I saw the road thriller “Sirāt,” I couldn’t wait to hear the audience moan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

Still, I don’t want to moan and groan.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

It took a first home defeat to Leeds since 1981 for the real moans to start.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Fennell begins on a black screen and the sound of creaks and moans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

“Why am I getting involved with a cinephile?” moans Beau-Beau, speaking for many an indie producer to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Phyllis, who always sees herself as the victim and not the aggressor, moans.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

There’s a creaking sound, and then a chorus of moans echo through the auditorium.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

She sang open-throated declarations, recited broken poetic verses, scatted with the authority of a jazz singer, moaned with bluesy intent, and occasionally let loose an unbridled shriek or giggle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

Before his winner he hit both posts, moaned and furiously gesticulated at the referee and team-mates, while also being pursued by a pitch invader at one stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

I moaned and groaned about the ridiculous minutiae with all my mom friends, but secretly I loved every video about 12 ways to decorate with fairy lights.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2024

“So maybe I won’t be warm,” Ms. Kadyrova, 85, moaned.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

“No, no, no,” Mira moaned, as if she were in physical pain now.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Here, Fay Victor, a uniquely daring and creative singer, adorns her vocal with all manner of creaking, wailing, moaning and scatting, yet she maintains Bey’s feeling of directing a congregation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The director’s moaning score here, supplemented with sputtering engines and clanking chains, underline the movie’s ghost-story vibe — the sense that poor Nick is both alive and dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

“Get me rewrite!” he seems to be moaning.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

And team boss Toto Wolff, who rarely talks on the radio, ordered his protege to "concentrate on the driving, not on the radio moaning".

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Ilse Wagner is a nice girl with a cheerful disposition, but she’s extremely finicky and can spend hours moaning and groaning about something.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank