regretfully
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In it, frontman René Pérez Joglar, or Residente, raps regretfully about buying a Maserati as baseball legend Willie Mays hands him a bat, which he then uses to smash the car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
We share the same label, and, regretfully, I have more of an understanding of what they did than any other true crime storyteller does.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2025
In a 2018 interview with The Guardian, Mr. Ford spoke regretfully about his work for a June 2002 article revealing the Maybach buyers.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2024
Min has spoken regretfully about what he calls “the worst mistake of my life.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
Mother looked regretfully at the ancient mountains of garbage.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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