regret
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Cofnas, speaking from Belgium in one of his first interviews since Arday’s death, said he doesn’t regret publishing his Substack post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In Chandler and Pierre, “Lanterns” has an extraordinary pairing that sustains enough frustration, humor, passion and regret to keep us rapt through the episodes provided for review.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
In Tunis, Nadia Jaouadi, 42, said she does not regret the decision she and her husband made a decade ago not to have children.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
I don’t want to do something that I will regret later.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Regrettably, I cannot stay long,” she said, and she did regret it, for it seemed a shame to spend only one night in such a marvelous place.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
By the time it ended I was ready to join a festival of regrets myself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He said he had no regrets about cooperating with the authorities in the past.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
In later years, Hilton admitted having regrets about being "mean or cruel".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The Moneyist regrets he cannot reply to questions individually,
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
It’s one of my few regrets in life, not getting my college degree.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said he regretted his vote during a campaign appearance last summer, before his reelection in November.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Asked last year if he regretted voting to confirm Kennedy, Cassidy demurred.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I desperately regretted doing this kitchen renovation,” O’Neill, a Seattle homeowner and a public-relations expert, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
But she started rethinking the estrangement years later, and regretted taking the advice, after having children of her own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The instant Webb broke the string, I regretted what I had done.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
“I don’t like to go through life regretting anything. I want to make sure I can look back and be like, ‘Hey, I tried it out.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
“I don’t think anyone is regretting the wars, but maybe we’ll be sorry we didn’t do more,” Winner said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
"I will not go home regretting not trying, I will do everything in my power to be in that starting gate."
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Already he was regretting the choice, watching his hopes for a different future fall away.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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