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Saunders said she and her friends lament how challenging it has become for them to buy a home when compared to their parents or even their older siblings.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Life begins as a fanfare — a regal entry heralded by brass — and ends as a solo cello lament and the serene acceptance of death as sung by a choir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Cassidy closed with what sounded like a lament.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

As many fans lament the steep cost of events, these limited initiatives are only a band-aid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

After breakfast, the girls walked to Meryton to enquire if Mr. Wickham were returned, and to lament over his absence from the Netherfield ball.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

McVay laments, usually lightheartedly, the loss of staff members that have ascended to become head coaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

But in Torkham, Sarwar's sister-in-law Zarina laments the precarious future they face: "We have no resources to start a business or earn a living, and we don't even own a tent to live in".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

As she formulates her proposal for a better answer, Ms. Horn laments that a knowledge of Jewish civilization is part of a “null curriculum”—history that is ignored in most American classrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Standing in front of his mural, depicting the face of a girl with a feathered headdress, he laments that many artists were victims of the gangs and are now "disappeared."

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Turner knew that everything in the world rejoices in the touch, and everything in the world laments in the losing.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

She also lamented the lack of a choice of Manx produce on the shelves of multinational supermarkets.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Smith, who said she'd come to the fair to pet the animals, lamented that consumer prices were sky-high, adding: "It hurts at the pump."

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

He lamented “the salaciousness, the shame, the embarrassment, the clicks, the likes” that often come from sharing the photos online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Others lamented the death of a “part of their childhood.”

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

“If only I could get a permit,” my mother lamented.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Another used A.I. to animate a photo of Walters, the digital replica lamenting his sentence of “death by incarceration.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

I gave the staff at each of them my sob story, lamenting over my lost wedding dress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"I was born in the Revolution and through it I was able to find my way," he said, lamenting the loss of Castro's leadership in Cuba today.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

She received dozens of letters lamenting the “good old days” of “American” recipes like cola-soaked pork chops, but she didn’t listen.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Hopefully, you didn’t fill most of the pages lamenting the fact that the boy you loved didn’t love you back.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi