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But there is griping in the village that McD’s may have become too popular.

From Time • Aug. 16, 2016

Now the VA is griping because so many veterans have chosen to remain members of the 52-20 Club.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is griping and straining in the lower part of the abdomen, and generally great bearing down when at stool, with a peculiar distress after the evacuation, called tormina.

From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by Hill, B. L. (Benjamin L.)