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Noun
Unlike the common carp, which has a long spiny dorsal fin and a whiskerlike barbel near its mouth, the white amur has a short dorsal fin with no spines. John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024 The Chippewa and Black rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River, which has functioned as a superhighway for invasive carp to travel. Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
Earlier this year, House Republicans rejected bipartisan efforts to fix the problems at the U.S.-Mexico border, so now Harris gets to keep carping about them. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024 Unlike Deng, Xi doesn’t have to put up with a group of elders carping behind the scenes. Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for carp 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carp
Noun
  • When in use, the motor produced a slightly audible whistle/whine.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Fittingly, its most art-averse detractors responded with an awful lot of whine.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Many residents at the town hall complained about feeling unsafe at their local Giant or Weis supermarkets, seeing panhandlers, loitering and graffiti in and around these areas.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Some of the agency’s top Middle East diplomats complained in private that they were sidelined by Biden’s National Security Council.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Naysayers often cavil that California’s economic growth depends almost entirely on Silicon Valley and the capital gains income of its wealthiest residents, but its primacy in high technology encompasses fields outside Northern California, such as biotech.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2021
  • However, the actual interiors of this four-bedroom home are nothing to cavil at.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 7 Oct. 2020
Verb
  • In the clip, Scout, Tallulah, and Rumer, along with a group of friends and family, jump and scream as Moore’s name is called out by Kerry Washington, who presented the award alongside Andrew Garfield.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
  • My cat's preference is screaming from the bath tub for someone to open the faucet for her.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Not all Cybertruck owners will be too fussed about that, though.
    Carlton Reid, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The gizmo also includes haptic alerts that can wake you—but not your partner—if your child is fussing.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The complaint, first reported by Front Office Sports, was filed last Friday.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The information in my complaint was from a long-ago completed investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Jasmine moans with pleasure as Gino traces her legs with his tongue.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the patients were critically ill and moaning in pain from broken bones, head gashes and other injuries blamed on Tropical Storm Helene.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • And for people interested in wildlife viewing, the park is a haven for mule deer, antelope, grouse, and turkey.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Prior to Sadie, Adkins had used German Shorthair Pointers to hunt pheasants, chukars, grouse, woodcock and quail.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024

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“Carp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carp. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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