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Many of the Iranian people, even those who deplore the regime, may support the home team in this fight.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

Despite the achievements, many deplore the accompanying cost of such urban development.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

Downey, who plunged into tech’s moral gray zones in his “Iron Man” outings, makes it possible for an audience to both deplore McNeal and delight in the abrasive pleasure of his company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

The major corporations that responded to AP’s queries said they deplore human rights violations and environmental damage and would investigate.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

“Gold, filthy gold! We cannot live without it, yet I confess I deplore the necessity of consorting with our long-fingered friends.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Martin Bertao, president of College Republicans of America, said the organization deplores antisemitism and disputed the membership of the young man appearing to salute in the photo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Unwittingly, zealous regulators have turned stock markets into the casinos that commissioner Crenshaw deplores.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

In a statement, China's foreign ministry said in a statement that it "firmly deplores and opposes this move" and will "take necessary countermeasures".

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025

Eileen enters, greets the son she hasn’t seen in years and deplores the mess and his beard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

What we reverence as individual liberty he deplores as spiritual slavery.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin

Two major Islamic bodies, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Al-Azhar, issued statements that deplored the hateful rhetoric — but without making clear who had used it.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

Turk also deplored Hezbollah's missile and drone attacks on northern Israel, and urged both parties to stop, immediately.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

But clauses which will hand ministers powers to force the break-up of some big estates are deplored by many landowners and their representatives.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

Why, he asked, is that acceptable in politics when it’s deplored in just about every other field of endeavor?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025

Her stories, however, of the goodness of good behavior collapsed before the thrill of the sin they deplored.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

The London university paid tribute to Zhe Wang following the verdict, deploring the loss of "a remarkable writer" adding that her work would be published posthumously in an upcoming Goldsmiths anthology.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

Americans, in the meantime, kept poking at nominally Spanish California from the sea and overland, looking for weak points and deploring what they and Europeans thought were wasted possibilities in California’s under-exploited amenities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry later issued a statement calling Paludan an “Islam-hating charlatan” and deploring the fact that he was allowed to stage the demonstration.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

Here is where Pence, who could have simply stopped by deploring antisemitism, ultimately falls into the same trap as his former boss.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2022

They write books and articles deploring it, fire off letters to the editor, and call in to radio talk shows with their criticisms and complaints.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker