bemoan
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Purists bemoan some of the recent renovations to bring it up to World Cup standards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
He is not the type to bemoan his lot publicly.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
He went on to bemoan the emphasis on the coverage of polls in campaigns.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024
Talk to most people these days, whether they are inside or outside of politics, and you will hear people bemoan their plight, saying how exhausted they are.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2024
This sounds as though I bemoan an older time, which is the preoccupation of the old, or cultivate an opposition to change, which is the currency of the rich and stupid.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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