lament
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Many of us hear our children and grandchildren lament their financial difficulties.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
One could lament the lack of yet more such material, but Lubitsch had a gift for knowing when it was time for something new.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
For Mair, the lament is that the very public controversy playing out on that Olympic stage will force changes at the top level of the sport that will trickle down to the grassroots.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
Keening, derived from the Irish word "caoineadh", meaning "to cry", is a traditional vocal lament for the dead and was once a central part of funeral rites in Ireland.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
She hadn’t heard Mamma say much about Stanford besides to lament the price tag of a private school education.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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