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as in grudges
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
this is no place to air your grievances against him
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as in complaints
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
she decided to file a formal grievance against the utility company
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Recent Examples of grievances
Few things are going right for the 2026 Red Sox, but Wong’s almost-goner ranks among the most irksome grievances.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
After the fall-from-ahead defeat in Dallas on Thursday, Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon aired her grievances about the game’s officiating.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 29 May 2026
In today’s reality TV climate, however, scandals, wrongdoings, and grievances—and how these stars choose to address them—have the power to reverberate much farther, thanks to social media and their various fandoms.
—Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 29 May 2026
The document itself is an odd grab-bag of micromanaging grant processes, assertion of presidential power, and airing of cultural grievances.
—ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
The list of grievances was long and intense enough to start a wildfire — quick and impossible to contain.
—Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Habiba complained but said her grievances were not welcome.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Attackers often revealed their intentions through conversations, writings, disturbing behavior, threats, grievances, or fascination with violence.
—Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Your grievances are real and legitimate.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
After the fall-from-ahead defeat in Dallas on Thursday, Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon aired her grievances about the game’s officiating.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 29 May 2026
In today’s reality TV climate, however, scandals, wrongdoings, and grievances—and how these stars choose to address them—have the power to reverberate much farther, thanks to social media and their various fandoms.
—Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 29 May 2026
The document itself is an odd grab-bag of micromanaging grant processes, assertion of presidential power, and airing of cultural grievances.
—ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
The list of grievances was long and intense enough to start a wildfire — quick and impossible to contain.
—Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Habiba complained but said her grievances were not welcome.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Attackers often revealed their intentions through conversations, writings, disturbing behavior, threats, grievances, or fascination with violence.
—Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Your grievances are real and legitimate.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grievances
Noun
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Jesse Minter and Mike McCarthy inherit a rivalry built on field goals, grudges and games that look like they were filmed through cigar smoke.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Internal drama — employee hook-ups, power plays, longstanding grudges — share space with the mix of the mundane and the outrageous that constitutes a typical day in a typical big-city emergency department.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Earlier Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended his agency’s detention standards on Capitol Hill amid complaints about ICE’s Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.—
Laura Strickler,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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The ultimate winning candidate in the race will lead the California Department of Insurance, which is responsible for approving rate increases for home and auto policies, investigating complaints about insurers and enforcing consumer protections.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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These same resentments likely erupted in the murder of Clapham and in the solidarity a great many local people felt with the Panis woman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Wilde and Seth Rogen play longtime marrieds harboring a laundry list of resentments who host their upstairs neighbors (Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton) for an evening of fun.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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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.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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At the moment that B’Tselem says Hathaleen collapsed, the visuals are jostled but moans of pain can be heard.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Grievances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grievances. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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