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have moaned

  • present perfect of moan.

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These firms have moaned for months about the law’s intrusive and vague provisions and asked for a delay in its implementation, but to no avail.

From Economist Jun. 1, 2017

The city has recently started giving out tickets, and some other neighbors have moaned about it to me.

From Slate May 23, 2016

State Department officials have moaned that Mr. Grassley’s requests for documents are too onerous.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2015

We could have signed Messi, Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic in the window and some fans would still have moaned.

From The Guardian Sep. 6, 2014

They have moaned and protested at A Child of the Jago, and, craven and bewildered, any protest seemed good enough to them.

From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur