As for the losers, some privately groused that Bechtel used its Washington muscle to win contracts.
In later years, while continuing his prolific output, Mr. Jones groused about Nashville's pop style.
"If you gave it another 1, 000 feet, it would be a different story, " groused Thomas Effinger II.
"Orman promoted herself as much as she did Channel 15, " groused the TVcritic for a San Diego newspaper.
Then, and later in 2000, when the Christian Coalition had IRS woes, conservatives groused that the DLC benefited from a double standard.
The grandmother and the girl stood blinking alongside me as I groused about losing student papers and manuscripts -- plus a pricey new laptop.
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Less than two weeks ago, an irritated Wiggins had groused that nobody had properly praised him for a great Tour performance and season of racing.
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"It just makes you wonder what for, " Senator Orrin Hatch groused.
Fred Allen, one of the many radio greats who was unable to establish himself on TV, groused about his failure in "Treadmill to Oblivion, " his 1954 autobiography.
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While those of us who were stuck in the office while he was enjoying a week in Hawaii with his family groused, deep down we all admired him.
And then there was power forward Kendrick Perkins, who groused about Brooks's decision to abandon the lineup featuring Perkins, of course that built a 17-point lead in the first quarter.
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McCain aides refused to go on the record about it, but they groused anonymously that Palin was "going rogue, " that she was a "diva" and "difficult" to work with.
Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo didn't cancel their overdraft programs, and some inside Bank of America groused that it couldn't afford to give up that much revenue at a critical time.
Over the years, some bullpen denizens have groused about a lack of privacy that forces them to retreat outside with a cellphone to talk to a spouse or have a confidential conversation with someone else in government.
Some groused that spending hundreds of dollars on a silk trench for a 5-year-old is impractical, since she will grow out of it in six months and probably spill something on it, rip it or destroy it some other way before then.
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