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lamented

verb as in to mourn or grieve deeply

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After photos hit the wires showing construction equipment at the White House, tearing into the East Wing, critics lamented the lost quarters of the social secretary and the calligraphy office.

Prince, who has been working with Haiti to target gangs with drones, lamented the “erasure of the Monroe Doctrine” in a podcast earlier this year, arguing “what happens in the Western Hemisphere is America’s business.”

"Jonathan Ross could put a giant 'It's Me' sticker on his head and still not get voted off," lamented one X user.

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But opponents of the prime minister lamented the court's decision.

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Redick lamented that he wished the team could have gotten him a shot in his first preseason action.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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