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moan

[mohn] / moʊn /
NOUN
groan, complaint
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To mention the most popular moan, the silver screen has been losing its monopoly on displaying moving pictures since the arrival of TV in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Johnson wants to usher people who moan that today’s movies aren’t any good back into his sacred space, the cinema.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

She didn't get an invitation to the coronation of her ex-brother-in-law, but didn't moan about it.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Navalny was brought back to his cell, his wife said, where he lay down on the ground, pulled his legs up to his stomach and began to moan from pain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

He only knew that clan guardians watch over campsites, and that ghosts moan in leafless trees on stormy nights,’ forever seeking the clans they have lost.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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