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By Tuesday night, however, he was grousing on his Truth Social website that China wasn't giving credit to the US for its support in World War Two.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

By 2020, I was grousing that “Gone Girl” had started a “fad” for contrived suspense novels “that rest on nonstop plot reversals.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2022

By that September, Nixon was grousing again about the protesters to William Safire, his speechwriter.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2020

Roughly half the issues I was grousing about last week have already been remedied.

From Time • Sep. 11, 2012

One was grousing to his mate, and the other said to him: "If you know a better 'ole go 'ide in it!"

From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir