curses
Britishinterjection
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Alex spouts angry curses as Maggie laments that Paul has gone through more vehicles at the age of 19 than she has in her entire life.
From Salon
With his pants around his ankles, a tall man let out a volley of curses and jokes to lighten the mood as a doctor removed a piece of shrapnel from his bloodied buttock.
From Barron's
The next morning, when the recruits are ordered to shave, one nervously eyes his razor and curses to himself.
From Salon
Two other women showed up around the same time, with wigs, and yelled curses at the ICE officials and National Guard troops on the other side of the new chain-link fence surrounding the facility.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s the constant silent treatment, putting off answering my questions, the angry curses when I explode.
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