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Recent Examples of carp
Noun
The finding intensified alarm that invasive carp were spreading to the state's inland lakes and rivers. Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025 Despite carp and water quality concerns, fish caught in Lake Lowell can be eaten in accordance with the recommendations by the Department of Health and Welfare’s fish consumption advisory. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2025
Verb
Biden aides blame the news media for carping on his gaffes since the debate. Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 6 July 2024 Earlier this year, House Republicans rejected bipartisan efforts to fix the problems at the U.S.-Mexico border, so now Harris gets to keep carping about them. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for carp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carp
Noun
  • The unfiltered electric soundtrack of the Evija goes from a piercing whine to an ear-splitting shriek.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Moscow’s escalating air war and the distinctive whine of Shaheds is now forcing Ukrainians out of their beds and into shelters and metro stations on an almost-nightly basis.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • On a StudBudz stream, Courtney Williams complained about having to share space at the team’s practice area, particularly when players and other attendees of the recreation center need to shower.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Roman complains about pain in his feet, and Dennis offers him a foot massage.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Naysayers often cavil that California’s economic growth depends almost entirely on Silicon Valley and the capital gains income of its wealthiest residents, but its primacy in high technology encompasses fields outside Northern California, such as biotech.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2021
  • However, the actual interiors of this four-bedroom home are nothing to cavil at.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 7 Oct. 2020
Verb
  • Deputies arrived to the sound of screaming and found the 16-year-old Elijah Quintero on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Curtis Pleasant remembers wading through the water, chest deep, screaming and searching.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This was the mid 1980s and tandem skydiving hadn’t been popularized yet, so his father, Roger, adjusted accordingly by stuffing carpet padding into the leg pads to stop him from fussing.
    Angelina Liu, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Inside, Seán glanced briefly away from the television as the women fussed at Orla’s return.
    Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • But a butt dial revealed the truth about what actually happened, the complaint alleges.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The site provides links to 14 private and government groups that accept and act on complaints, including the FBI, the Better Business Bureau, the Social Security Administration, AARP, the SEC, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Julia says, dropping to all fours and moaning amid a pile of straw on the floor.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ellis could be heard moaning and could be seen lying on the ground.
    Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s not to mention the natural wildlife that abounds—the ranch owns and maintains the first habitat conservation bank for sage-grouse in the United States.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, some detractors of federal funding came to grouse at the ability of advocates to draw parents, along with a few Muppets, to make their case.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 July 2025

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“Carp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carp. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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