whine
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People can whine all they want, but math doesn’t lie.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
In Northern Virginia, residents near data centers have complained of a constant high-pitched whine from cooling and backup equipment, serious enough to drive people indoors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Katie Miller can whine all she wants, but I have a feeling the kids aren’t listening.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
A whine escapes my jowls, not even remotely a howl, but the sadness sometimes needs a voice.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
No one whines about having to clean the bathroom or having a night shift.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
Still, there’s no empathizing with hapless, clueless Joe when he whines, “Do you really think the power is with the police?”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
He has to sit still and do what he's told, which he whines about ad nauseum when he's outside of court.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
“Isaiah, I wanna come!” whines Charlie when I open the car door.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
She mostly stuck to the allotted time limits while Bass repeatedly whined that she wasn’t given enough time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
After that experience, she whined about how the contest was rigged.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2025
This would be the ruin of the NBA, or so the critics whined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
"Mom, don't write a letter like that to your son!" he whined straight into the camera.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
And the monstruo actually whined, holding its injured snout.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Or do we just revert to whining about our dopey NFL fantasy teams?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
For a while, every morning at 5:58 my one dog, Dot, would start whining and moving around until I’d go “yeah, OK, let’s feed you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
I wish Caitlin Clark would just stop whining and play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Rowdy never did like to be tied up and right away he started whimpering and whining.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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