Word: groaned
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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When Tuesday's vote closed at 6 p.m., the M.P.s gathered in the House of Commons' lobby and awaited the result: Major got 185 votes, Heseltine 131, Hurd 56. As it became clear that Major had missed a majority by only two votes, a large groan of frustration rose up. The prospect of a third ballot was too much to bear after the tension-filled days of the previous three weeks...
...PAST TWO YEARS, state education officials have been learning to groan inwardly with each passing revelation about the size of the state's massive budget deficit...
Every week, opposing coaches moan and groan about the momentous challenge of designing a defense to neutralize Restic's complicated Multiflex...
...Eastern Division, the Toronto Blue Jays struggle to realize their vaunted potential and atone for a notorious swoon three years ago, when they lost a 3 1/2-game lead in the final week. Such a hex would be no burden to Toronto's rivals, the Boston Red Sox, who groan under a curse of mythological heft. The Sox, as their minions are ever mindful, have gone 72 years without winning a World Series. At Fenway Park, a fan holds up a sign with nothing but the reproachful date...
...mother indicated that I should try to wake her. After a half-hearted attempt to do so, the woman responded with a soft, almost inaudible groan...