plaint

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Recent Examples of plaint This wry, lovelorn plaint is a cagey display of subtle dynamics and counterpoint on a lone electric guitar. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 This wry, lovelorn plaint is a cagey display of subtle dynamics and counterpoint on a lone electric guitar. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 And to be perfectly fair, the New Deal had seven or eight big years of operation (the plaints about the Supreme Court etc. blocking reforms being so many excuses). Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Goldberger's plaint is overstated. Michelle Goldberg, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021 The finished song is desolate but resilient, a hell of a plaint. Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022 Somewhere between folk-rock plaint and short story, Margo Price sings about a pregnant woman at a clinic, with a hard-luck past and a tough decision to make. Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022 The company said the decision to close came after the plaint failed to secure any capacity revenues in the latest auction held in May by the grid operator, PJM. Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021 These points are not the most cynical aspect of McConnell’s plaint, however. Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
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Noun
  • Biblical-style lamentations over Israel’s final corruption have been a staple of the state’s critics and die-hard anti-Zionists for 70 years.
    Martin Kramer, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
  • One third of the way into Katie Kitamura’s 2017 novel, A Separation, its narrator asks an elderly Greek woman to demonstrate a traditional funeral lamentation.
    Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The figure is only representative of information and complaints submitted by victims to the IC3, FBI officials confirmed.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In an exhibit to HSM’s complaint, the marketing advance is detailed.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One of three childhood friends reunited for an extravagant girl’s weekend, Laurie has contained a simmering sadness and rage since the first episode, when seeing her besties, Jaclyn and Kate, chatting and laughing sent her into a wail of despair.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Expect to hear the unmistakable wail of a vintage F1 car echoing across the speedway, the guttural roar of classic V8s ripping through gears, and the shriek of modern hypercars proving their worth on the track.
    Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The motor produces a whine that is noticeable but not distracting.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Israel Hernandez heard the faint whine of sirens outside his Wilmington apartment and looked up just in time to see a minivan crash into another vehicle as police gave chase.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The beneficiary was anyone who practiced the politics of grievance.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Acuña felt comfortable airing his apparent grievance in a very public way.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In any case, despite critics’ cries of greenwashing and corporate astroturfing, there is still value to these devices.
    Kat Merck, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This tender and slow hour isn’t for the restless, but a cathartic cry waits for those who make it to the end.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Deeply layered and emotionally charged, the work reads like a visual lament, for what’s been lost, what still remains, and the unresolved stories that continue to flow beneath the surface.
    Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Unfortunately, Curl laments they’re destined for the donation bin.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the central conceit is almost unspeakably moving in its deranged, borderline necrophiliac way (Cassel’s mourning mogul can’t bear the thought of not knowing what’s happening to his wife, even after death), and Cronenberg is savvy enough to spike his lament with a little self-critique.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Francis' funeral marks the beginning of a nine-day period of mourning called the Novemdiales, with special masses each day.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025

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