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Gripes ranged from the new colour scheme for the rain radar, to furious farmers and fishermen who could no longer put in GPS coordinates to find forecasts for a specific location.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Gripes include long processing times for account closures, changes to terms and conditions, and shrinking branch networks, according to officials, bankers and consumer protection advocates.
From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023
The next day’s front page of The Seattle Times covered the events in two short, incongruously lighthearted stories: “Jane Fonda Gripes About Detention at Fort Lewis” and “Indian ‘Attack’ on Fort Fascinates World Press.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022
Gripes, complaints, negativity she feels won’t change her situation.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2022
He had no regular hot and cold Fits; but every second Day, after a slight Shivering and Cold, he was seized with Gripes and a Purging.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
