Example Sentences

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It’s a “three-ring circus”: the merits docket, the shadow docket, and the justices’ increasingly public intramural snipings and gripes.

From Slate • May 30, 2026

This was an increase from just over 70,000 in 2020-21, with one of the main gripes about poor response times.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The announcement of Dudamel’s first New York season, while praiseworthy, brought an earful of gripes about his speaking in platitudes from hardcore New Yorkers unimpressed by uplift.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Look to one of the usual gripes about Palantir: its stratospheric valuation.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

If he gripes about the way she handled Thanksgiving, then he has to prove he can do a better job.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson