can't complain
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But Salah can't complain because he hasn't been playing well, and when that's the case, then you have to accept the decision.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
But since it modernized in the 1990s, he said he can’t complain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
"I can't complain, I'm hanging in there and on the right side of the dirt," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024
You can't complain and go, "It's so dreadful that someone stopped me to say hello or to take a selfie."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
I think getting a laptop on Craigslist was the problem to begin with, but I can’t complain.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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