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
But talk doesn’t get the job done, alas.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 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
The answer, alas, is not much—at least not much that is likely to have an effect on the Iranian leaders’ behavior.
From Slate ● May 11, 2026
On the campus tour next morning, he fell in love with the computing school, alas.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing alas
"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 1
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4-letter words, List 1
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