carp

Koi carp reflect his love of Japan and the Japanese pond at his London home, while winged female figures echo his Virgo star sign, a motif he used on the Queen crest he designed himself.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The agency has been working with staff at Milton Country Park, near Cambridge, to develop one of its ponds into a haven for crucian carp, a protected native species in the UK.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Geological Survey, the carp can jump as high as 10 feet into the air when spooked by outboard motors or other disturbances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

The wives, homesick and bewildered, turn to Ashima for recipes and advice, and she tells them about the carp that’s sold in Chinatown, that it’s possible to make halwa from Cream of Wheat.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

To her critics, Breed closed with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt prizing the person who strives in spite of setbacks rather than the naysayer who carps from the sidelines.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Outside-world triggers for Inger are multifarious — she refuses to bathe and often carps about walking — but none prove as potent as Andreas’s scorn, which sets hurdles throughout the trip.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

He carps constantly about what he sees as unfair coverage by the news media.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2018

But I also feel like a nag who carps on a million little things.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2016

Catfish must be the smartest fish there is, it’s like them and carps were the only fish that added rocks and horseflies together and came up with something bad.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Senior executives carped about Chapek to Disney board members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

And after violating a gag order 10 times, he carped carefully, particularly after Merchan threatened jail time.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

“You’re no fun anymore,” carped a college buddy I’d once partied with.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023

"I was told I'd have the exclusive," carped Dua Lipa.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2022

Among the phrases of Ennius at which Lucilius carped was one which Virgil did not disdain to adopt.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar

We need people who love our country so much that they are willing to accept the challenge—and the inevitable carping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Believe me, I’m completely aware that I sound like a Scrooge, a buzzkill harping and carping about innocuous movies that are meant to be little more than background noise while people scroll on their phones.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024

After enough of his students’ carping, however, Hayes decided to put the snakes to the test.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024

“A lot of discourse around it. A lot of carping back and forth. A lot of anger. A lot of commentary,” Stewart said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

The carping had subsided, he wrote, but few of the carpers had as yet made the “amende honorable” that now clearly was due Chicago.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson