as in criticizers
a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults
eventually, almost everyone learned to avoid the ski school's resident carper
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critics
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But the prolonged bidding process has started to flush out critics who question whether Santos, under foreign control, would make investments to expand domestic gas supply, or invest where investment returns were more attractive.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025 -
Laesch was one of Irvin’s fiercest critics.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Carpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carpers. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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