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- noun Plural form of
gripe . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gripe .
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- noun acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
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Examples
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However for all the troops out there here are some gripes from the control room:
If I Can’t Have You Nobody Can « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Winifred ... is the subject of one of my main gripes with the movie Ballet Shoes.
mrissa: They'll put it on my tombstone: "The book was better." mrissa 2010
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Winifred ... is the subject of one of my main gripes with the movie Ballet Shoes.
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One of their main gripes: Community boards are unfair.
Clubs, Eateries Target Local Boards Sumathi Reddy 2010
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This conversation will merely be replaced with the gripes from the side who didn't get their wish.
Council Should Unite Behind McGinn On The Tunnel Cost Overrun Provision « PubliCola 2010
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One of Brian's gripes is that, as authors so often say in his position, the reviewer does not seem to have read the book.
Worms on toast Maxine 2008
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One of Brian's gripes is that, as authors so often say in his position, the reviewer does not seem to have read the book.
Worms on toast Maxine 2008
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Another one of my gripes is PCSO, wouldnt it just have been easier to train tehm as ‘proper’ police officers so when they do get teh 14 year old having a tnatrum they dont have to lock themselves in a room and call a ‘proper’ copper to come and help them
One In A Million « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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One of Brian's gripes is that, as authors so often say in his position, the reviewer does not seem to have read the book.
April 2008 Maxine 2008
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These guys don't exactly have the recent credentials to back themselves up in gripes about playing time and competition for jobs.
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September 12, 2008