as in complaints
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service
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as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
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Recent Examples of beefs
Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
One of the president's biggest beefs with Greene was about her harping on Jeffrey Epstein.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the film, the star opens up about putting previous beefs behind him.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
However, Ja Rule also said rap beefs weren’t beneficial in any sense.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
But Americans polled also agree with industry beefs about the costs builders incur.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
The traditional papaya salad, noodles and sticky rice are served with angus beefs.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
One of the president's biggest beefs with Greene was about her harping on Jeffrey Epstein.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the film, the star opens up about putting previous beefs behind him.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
However, Ja Rule also said rap beefs weren’t beneficial in any sense.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
But Americans polled also agree with industry beefs about the costs builders incur.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
The traditional papaya salad, noodles and sticky rice are served with angus beefs.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beefs
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The retreat sparked criticism from other Democrats and spurred the filing of more than a dozen ethics complaints against Opportunity Caucus members.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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That solicitation, the teachers argue, resulted in complaints of unethical conduct filed against them by their employers.—
Clark Kauffman,
Des Moines Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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And also on Untucked… • Discord complains about Nini being in the top basically all episode, while other queens like Jane try to kindly not get down in the mud with her.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
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Trump complains often that both rooms are too small.—
Darlene Superville,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2025
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George Oliver Floating Fluted Nightstands There’s something about a pair of floating nightstands that just screams luxury, and this set is no exception.—
Brittney Morgan,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Kings are still in the playoff picture and the Pacific Division race, even with a season that screams mediocrity.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The protests began last week with economic grievances as the Iranian currency, the rial, tanked.—
Henry Austin,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Bailey Maupin’s heroic season for Texas Tech One of my personal gripes about basketball is how infrequently lane violations are called.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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This new season mostly sticks to the original premise—the host, Jonathan Goldstein, solves his guests’ unresolved gripes—but many of the episodes are themselves clear beneficiaries of the show’s hiatus.—
Benjamin Cannon,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The song eventually escalates into a lecherous, breathless, glittering climax of incandescent synthesizers and melodic moans—an erotic asphyxiation depicted as utterly glorious.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Two microphones angle towards the duduk to capture resonant moans, creaks, squeaks and honks akin to the bridge’s.—
Ruby Rosenthal,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … WAR OF WORDS – AOC weighs in after Republican laments 'humiliation' of Mamdani campaigning in Arabic.—
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FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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