alas
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Vyvyan had ambitions to be a writer, a calling for which, alas, he had little talent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Hmm, alas, we’re not sure what the U.S. got in return.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
This is the case even if you have the Patreon app, which I downloaded in hopes it would get around the PDF, but alas.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Just a month after he dropped “Lonely,” Bieber returned to his teen-idol woes — far less movingly, alas — in this dreary duet with Shawn Mendes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Xan’s black, beady bird eyes did not roll as well as her human eyes rolled, and alas, the gesture was lost on him.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Vocabulary lists containing alas
"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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