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“If she feels she has to do one more cycle because she needs to be sure that she will not be sorry for not trying, we will give her the chance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

"Although you may well be sorry for what happened, a large part of your concern is for yourself."

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

Spears, also 42, seems to be sorry for some of what led up to that drama, saying as much Sunday .

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Instead, she remembered Jaffe telling her, “‘If you did a perfect variation and didn’t have a good interpretation, I would be sorry for you.’”

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2023

How could he be sorry for her losses?

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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