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
We have heard City boss Pep Guardiola and Manchester United manager Michael Carrick bemoan their luck with referees this season.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Today, however, we come not to bemoan the bad times but celebrate the good times, for the Angels and Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
And in several anonymized survey responses shared exclusively with Salon, parents didn’t bemoan their offspring as being anything close to lazy or entitled.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2025
You would bemoan Freddy’s death whether you knew him or not, say you were sorry and ask what had happened, like you really cared.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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