Word: gripe
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From the perspective of international sanction, the Israeli expansion into Palestinian land is a violation of U.N. resolutions. In light of the international community's repeated protests, Palestinian grievances take on a new shade. Their loss of territory is not simply a national gripe, but a transgression against prior agreements and the sanction of the world at large...
...from the loss of income. The U.N. Commission on Human Rights censured Israel in 1974 for its policies in the lands it had taken since its independence. Human rights concerns thus similarly show "the Palestinians' problem" to be an issue of international concern rather than merely one nation's gripe toward another...
Until there's a body count, until there's a tearful post-rehab Barbara Walters interview, until there's vehicular wreckage in a Parisian tunnel, most of us have limited tolerance for celebrities who gripe about the supposed burdens of fame. That Madonna, of all people, of all celebrities, should make the rejection of stardom and materialism the major theme of her new CD, Ray of Light (Maverick/Warner Bros.) should rightly make thinking people pause. Didn't she, from the very start, insist that we love her, demand that we worship her golden calves, her exposed iconic midriff, her conical...
...used to have something to brag about at the coffee shop if you caught someone going 100, but now you see it every day," says Sergeant Larry Strickland, who pulled a guy over at 105 only to hear him gripe, "No way, officer. I was only doing 96." The problem with "reasonable and prudent," troopers argue, is that there aren't three fuzzier words in U.S. lawbooks...
...from Troy Jones's perspective, it's difficult to gripe about Saturday's results. Returned from injuries which marred his first two seasons with the Crimson, Jones made his case for the starter's job with a 19-carry, 100-yard renaissance...