as in whines
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
if we don't receive any squawks, we can assume the change was acceptable
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as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
she squawked on for hours about how salespeople were always rude to her
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The result was a menu of skin complaints – fungal, bacterial and otherwise.
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Florida ranks third in overall internet fraud complaints, as well as third in money lost, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s 2025 annual report.
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If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
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The document complains about trade, customs officers, juryless courts, and judges’ salaries.
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The moans announced the doubt throughout Riviera’s 18th green amphitheater, a bowl full of thousands of fans unsure if the new guy could do it.
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At the moment that B’Tselem says Hathaleen collapsed, the visuals are jostled but moans of pain can be heard.
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Pig screams were no different from our screams.
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Nothing screams summer like nautical stripes.
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When Samuel Adams and others published a pamphlet of grievances in 1772, Ashley and other men in Sheffield embraced the cause.
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One fan, wearing perhaps the only white Ecuador jersey in the stadium, loudly aired his grievances near the team bus after the conclusion of the game.
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Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
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Aronimink put the world’s best golfers in a vice this week and squeezed the whines right out of them.
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“Squawks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squawks. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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