cranky
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Our cranky polity now grumbles its way toward its 250th anniversary.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“You can certainly see the market get cranky about that.”
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
If Elvis was ever cranky, that’s been stripped out.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
I was upset because it had smelled bad and I was worried that Mom would be cranky because my school clothes were messy.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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