lament
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Cassidy closed with what sounded like a lament.
From Slate โ Aug. 7, 2026
New graduates lament that while their college professors discouraged the use of AI tools, hiring managers applaud it.
From MarketWatch โ Aug. 7, 2026
It’s not just a lament about loneliness; it’s a challenge to change your perspective and maybe your life.
From Los Angeles Times โ Aug. 6, 2026
Bret may lament childhood’s demise, but if you had helicopter parents, these throes probably look less like trash than fire.
From Salon โ Aug. 6, 2026
He'd grown up with far less stability than I had, but he didn't lament it.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
“Whatever we can do to be supportive is a good thing,” Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan saluted, taking a break from deficit laments.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 3, 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 โ Aug. 17, 2026
"These small windows that the world sees, the little openings here and there including secret schools for girls, are just meant to fool everybody," she laments with visible sadness.
From BBC โ Aug. 14, 2026
“Sometimes I think I can feel the planet just hemorrhaging under all this greed. Like it’s tectonic,” she laments.
From Los Angeles Times โ Jul. 22, 2026
Sarai thought of Ruby’s envious laments about how she “got to live.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
"Normally, we guide around 20 pilots over the course of an hour. But right now, 40 are in the queue. Inevitably, delays build up," she lamented.
From Barron's โ Aug. 23, 2026
Others lamented the death of a “part of their childhood.”
From Salon โ Aug. 21, 2026
One opponent on Facebook lamented the loss of the area’s natural beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Aug. 14, 2026
Speaking during the fringe show, Sarwar lamented how difficult it was to lead the party.
From BBC โ Aug. 9, 2026
When the company returned home, the raider lamented, smallpox “spread from one tent to another as if the Bad Spirit carried it.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
We observe them lamenting how powerless they feel: Their medical skills can do some good, but not nearly enough.
From Los Angeles Times โ Aug. 21, 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 โ 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 โ Aug. 6, 2026
The Italian dismissed Djokovic effortlessly on Centre Court 12 months ago - a defeat that left the seven-time Wimbledon champion lamenting his age.
From BBC โ Jul. 7, 2026
Inwardly lamenting my fate, I lifted the sack and began my life as servant to the Bear.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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