lament
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In a recent lament, the New York Times waves at unnamed “many experts” to say this was a sensible way to foster an EV industry.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Jul. 21, 2026
As performed by Price, Baez and Memphis Mariachi, their version of “Deportee” manages to be everything: a lament, a celebration of the lives lost, a tribute, a reminder.
From Salon โ Jul. 14, 2026
His lament mirrored the anguish of legions of Venezuelans who endured harrowing days clearing rubble by hand before crews with heavy equipment and rescue dogs belatedly arrived.
From Los Angeles Times โ Jun. 30, 2026
Sotomayor’s lament applies with equal force to Landor v.
From Slate โ Jun. 24, 2026
They all belonged to each other: the lament of those who yearn, the laughter of the wise, the cry of indignation and the groan of the dying.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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In “Remake,” McElwee laments the hope that making “Photographic Memory” gave him, an aspiration that he was depicting his son on the cusp of finding his way through the dark.
From Salon โ Jul. 24, 2026
In her book, “A Mother’s Reckoning,” she laments not invading her son’s privacy.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Jul. 10, 2026
“Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira profoundly laments the irreparable loss of the wife and sons of our player Lucas Trejo,” the team wrote.
From Los Angeles Times โ Jun. 30, 2026
"I feel like my hands are tied because I can't find her," she laments.
From Barron's โ Jun. 30, 2026
As he now laments, however, “It didn’t even occur to me to grab his radio, too.”
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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This has been whispered about and lamented since the COVID-19 pandemic led to temporary theater closures across the country that have since become permanent, but it is rare to hear it expressed so candidly.
From Los Angeles Times โ Jul. 24, 2026
She has lamented that the UN has become what she calls a "risk-conservative organization."
From Barron's โ Jul. 23, 2026
They lamented the lack of public transportation options, then marveled at Waymo.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Jul. 18, 2026
Rowlinson lamented that "hundreds" of people had been displaced, adding that many locals had offered spare rooms, bars and restaurants.
From BBC โ Jul. 10, 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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Thousands of other users posted their thoughts online about this poll question, with some lamenting the respondents’ lack of understanding of probability.
From MarketWatch โ Jul. 24, 2026
Topics related to Ma have generated millions of views on RedNote and other Chinese social media platforms, with some users rooting for him, and others lamenting about the state of sport in China.
From BBC โ Jun. 9, 2026
Any given search might surface a terse op-ed lamenting higher prices or news coverage of criticism by regulators and policymakers.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Jun. 5, 2026
What value is there in an existence spent lamenting what was and what could’ve been?
From Salon โ May 30, 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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