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beef, bitch, bleat, carp, fuss, grievance, gripe, grouch, grouse, grumble, holler, kvetch, lament, miserere, moan, murmur, plaint, squawk, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer
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And so Reeves and his colleagues have withdrawn their complaint, and plan to refile the suit in Carroll County Circuit Court in the coming weeks. — Jon Kelvey, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Carroll County drops opioid lawsuit but plans to refile — with aim to keep it out of federal court," 3 Sep. 2019 Though not unionized, employees at Riot organized a strike this spring to voice their complaints and express solidarity with the claimants. — Michelle Cheng, Quartz at Work, "Union pushes at places like YouTube and WeWork could transform white-collar work," 1 Sep. 2019 But for now, corporate India will settle for a government that has belatedly seen fit to respond to its complaints. — The Economist, "India’s government is scrambling to revive the economy," 31 Aug. 2019 One of our chief complaints with last year's model—the lack of a 4K option—has been addressed this year. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "Lenovo’s new Comet Lake-equipped ThinkPad X1 Carbon hits this September," 27 Aug. 2019 Their complaints ranged from safety concerns for cyclists to lack of a proper escape route in the case of a major earthquake or fire. — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, "Oakland kicks off ‘Great Pave’ with fresh asphalt for Fruitvale side street," 22 Aug. 2019 As Tofurky points out in its complaint, its choices are to pay the fines, abandon Arkansas, or completely redesign its packaging. — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, "Strictly Legal: Is a tofu burger a burger? Arkansas says no.," 15 Aug. 2019 In its complaints, Velodyne said both Robosense and Hesai have been selling products that infringe on multiple aspects of US Patent No. — Echo Huang, Quartz, "The world’s leader in self-driving lidar technology is suing two Chinese companies over IP," 15 Aug. 2019 In a statement to The Times, Bob Wingenroth, the superior Kennedy referred to in her complaint, who is the director of auditing for the city controller’s office, said Kennedy misrepresented their conversation about the DWP contracts. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, "A city auditor was investigating DWP contracts. She says she was warned not to be ‘thorough’," 5 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'complaint.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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