lamented
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“Everyone is on their phone all the time,” she lamented Sunday morning at the bustling Aligre outdoor produce market, where neighbors were, just like before the riots, buying fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
So many talented players of his generation lamented the presence of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, believing the 'Big Three' to be a blockade preventing them from becoming a Grand Slam champion.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
She lamented their deaths and drew attention to the fact that, even today, accusations of witchcraft against vulnerable people persist in other countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Chinatown used to be a fantastic late-night food destination,” lamented Ari Saal Forman, one of the restaurant’s three co-owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Some of our colleagues seem to have gone seriously wrong,” lamented Thomas F. Lynch of Texas A&M in the Review of Archaeology in 2001.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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