lamentation
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“Craftland” may be read as a mild and easily digested tour of a vanished civilization, a sort of upbeat lamentation, and surely that response would be justified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Its common name is weeping fig, and in these flayed skins the lamentation resonates.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
In a sign of the strength of the “Barbie” soundtrack, the winner’s stiffest Oscars competition may have been another song from the film, “I’m Just Ken,” Ryan Gosling’s doleful lamentation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
"There is this sentence from the bible, from David's lamentation, saying 'How heroes fell'. And actually, the question now turns to instead of 'How heroes fell?', to 'For what?'," 63-year-old lawyer David Gilat told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2023
The path down to it leads to where Acheron, the river of woe, pours into Cocytus, the river of lamentation.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Animal Farm
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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The Jungle
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