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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gripe .
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Examples
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U.S. government officials told him that al Qaeda and its affiliates "griped" about Guantanamo in only 58 out of hundreds of public statements and interviews between 2003 and 2009.
Gitmo Is Not a Recruiting Tool for Terrorists Karl Rove 2010
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I'm kind of griped because we can't treat a tree as a tree, we have to make it into a people.
Neighborhood watch Roger Sutton 2007
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The bipartisan grumbling varied: Some Democrats griped that the Jewish New Year took up otherwise prolific fundraising days in September, and one Republican operative complained that Hurricane Irene slowed down fundraising in August.
HUFFPOST HILL - Tricorne Hat-less Grassroots Movement Growing On Wall Street Eliot Nelson 2011
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Throughout the trial, Smaltz griped that the defense was infusing race into the trial in what he saw as a plea to the mainly African American jury.
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.: Remembering the $17 Million Dollar Witch Hunt of Mike Espy Ed.D. Matthew Lynch 2011
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Yes | No | Report from Carney wrote 1 year 5 days ago silsbyj, When I was growing up my sisters hated, griped, complained non-stop about the smell of #9.
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Drivers of course should obey the law and have always griped about tickets, but Americans rightly feel outraged when they believe others game the system to use the law as a way to pick their pockets.
Phineas Baxandall: In the Public Interest: Problems With Privatized Law Enforcement's New Frontier Phineas Baxandall 2011
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Investors, some of whom have griped to Bain about its fees in recent years, anticipate similar terms when Bain next year begins marketing its next big North America-focused buyout fund.
Bain Capital Lowers Its Fees Gregory Zuckerman 2011
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Drivers of course should obey the law and have always griped about tickets, but Americans rightly feel outraged when they believe others game the system to use the law as a way to pick their pockets.
Phineas Baxandall: In the Public Interest: Problems With Privatized Law Enforcement's New Frontier Phineas Baxandall 2011
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Ireland has griped about the interest rate and the fact that taxpayers are bearing the brunt of the losses of the Irish banks.
Irish Bailout Hits Snags Charles Forelle 2011
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Drivers of course should obey the law and have always griped about tickets, but Americans rightly feel outraged when they believe others game the system to use the law as a way to pick their pockets.
Phineas Baxandall: In the Public Interest: Problems With Privatized Law Enforcement's New Frontier Phineas Baxandall 2011
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