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Even economists, who overwhelmingly deplore protectionism, have long recognized its political appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

If I found matters to criticize and to deplore, they were tendencies equally present in myself.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

A veteran of Ireland’s war of independence, Moran deplores the political corruption of the 1950s republic from his farmhouse bastion, Great Meadow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

The Paris Philharmonic said it had filed a complaint over the disruption, adding it "deplores and strongly condemns the serious incidents that occurred".

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

In a statement, China's foreign ministry said in a statement that it "firmly deplores and opposes this move" and will "take necessary countermeasures".

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025

Eileen enters, greets the son she hasn’t seen in years and deplores the mess and his beard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

A recent German semi-official utterance openly admits and deplores the historic attachment of South America to France.

From South America and the War by F. A. (Frederick Alexander) Kirkpatrick

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

Turk also deplored Hezbollah's missile and drone attacks on northern Israel, and urged both parties to stop, immediately.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

But clauses which will hand ministers powers to force the break-up of some big estates are deplored by many landowners and their representatives.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

Why, he asked, is that acceptable in politics when it’s deplored in just about every other field of endeavor?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The London university paid tribute to Zhe Wang following the verdict, deploring the loss of "a remarkable writer" adding that her work would be published posthumously in an upcoming Goldsmiths anthology.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

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

He is liberal of politics, deploring of racism and excruciatingly aware of himself as an outsider.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

They write books and articles deploring it, fire off letters to the editor, and call in to radio talk shows with their criticisms and complaints.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker