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Many of the Iranian people, even those who deplore the regime, may support the home team in this fight.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

Critics deplore the fact that the undisputed growth has only benefitted a small portion of the population and has been accompanied by a spiralling cost of living.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

Downey, who plunged into tech’s moral gray zones in his “Iron Man” outings, makes it possible for an audience to both deplore McNeal and delight in the abrasive pleasure of his company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

"There were no legitimate grounds for the Burkinabé authorities' decision. We can only deplore it," spokesman Christophe Lemoine was quoted by AFP news agency as saying.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024

“Gold, filthy gold! We cannot live without it, yet I confess I deplore the necessity of consorting with our long-fingered friends.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Martin Bertao, president of College Republicans of America, said the organization deplores antisemitism and disputed the membership of the young man appearing to salute in the photo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Unwittingly, zealous regulators have turned stock markets into the casinos that commissioner Crenshaw deplores.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

He deplores social media, has renounced email and refuses to sully himself with the online departmental calendar that Bella insists her students use to make an appointment with her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2023

The vetoed section deplores the loss of life of migrants trying to reach Europe, commits to fight trafficking and calls for more work to solve the migration problem.

From Reuters ● Jun. 30, 2023

Mexia, the sarcastic historian of Charles V, writing of romance in 1545, deplores the public credulity which battened on such feeble stuff.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

But, for Jaber, it was preferable to representing a country whose actions he deplored.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The author also explores the sleight of intellect practiced by Jefferson, a slave owner who deplored slavery and used his rhetorical skills to cast the cause of states’ rights as a question of liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Two major Islamic bodies, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Al-Azhar, issued statements that deplored the hateful rhetoric — but without making clear who had used it.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

UN chief Antonio Guterres Saturday deplored a host of "powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation" in a London speech marking the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026

“Yes,” Lee said from the doorway, “and he deplored it. He hated it.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Americans, in the meantime, kept poking at nominally Spanish California from the sea and overland, looking for weak points and deploring what they and Europeans thought were wasted possibilities in California’s under-exploited amenities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025

But we tie ourselves in knots deploring how slow and technical and mincing legal accountability can be.

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2024

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry later issued a statement calling Paludan an “Islam-hating charlatan” and deploring the fact that he was allowed to stage the demonstration.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

The flooding was an example of "what we have been deploring for some time," he said, adding that those countries which were responsible for pollution should do more to help those which are suffering.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

He released sincere public statements deploring the shooting and condemning it as evil.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow