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rue

[roo] / ru /


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The rue Lepic, the steep 1-kilometer stretch that punches up through the 18th arrondissement and leads the peloton toward the Sacré-Coeur basilica, is a more recent addition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

A couple of panelists rue the seeming lack of attention paid to “Murdaugh: Death in the Family,” touting Oscar and two-time Emmy winner Patricia Arquette.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

This decision will find an echo in “King Lear”; Lear, too, cites his age when giving the power to rule his kingdom to his daughters, and both characters live to rue their choices.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

For now, though, manager Phil Parkinson could only rue the refusal of the officials to read the script.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

He turns onto the rue d’Estrees, skirts behind the college, makes for the alley behind the Hotel-Dieu.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Until that point, Skye rues that she had lived like an adult since childhood, the inevitable consequence of entering Hollywood as an adolescent and lacking conventional parental guidance.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2025

The Hook’s founder, Hawes Spencer, rues the sudden demise of his old paper’s historical record.

From Washington Post Dec. 14, 2022

He rues losing "millions of subscribers", but refuses to divulge the money he was making from YouTube.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2022

Rory McIlroy still rues a 3-foot birdie putt he missed on the 17th hole in the opening round in 2010.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2022

He was born August 20, 1860, at Montevideo—"Ville en amphithéâtre, toits en terrasses, rues en daumiers, rade enorme"—of Breton parentage.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker

"Everyone who takes a look at me is like 'Can I take a picture?'" rued Hemetsberger.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

“MTV is going off the air at midnight tonight . . . man. There was a time when MTV was THE channel to be watching on New Year’s Eve,” rued one Bluesky user.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2026

In a speech in November 1992, Queen Elizabeth II rued the previous 12 months as an annus horribilis.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

After being ruled out of the 2023 tournament through injury, she made her return last year but rued being under-prepared after losing again in the first round.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2025

He gave me a look that clearly meant Good luck; you’ll rued it, then climbed into his van.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Even a day and a win later, the Lakers were still ruing Thursday’s road loss in Denver.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2026

Alexander-Arnold curled a free-kick wide as the clock ticked down and it looked like Madrid were left ruing two points dropped, when the third was taken away from them too.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

Woodward and Leicester won at Welford Road last month, but Sale, 10 points up with half an hour to go, were left ruing indiscipline that let the hosts back into that game.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2025

And boy are the Saints really ruing their Week 3 home loss to the Packers when Green Bay scored 18 points in the final 11 minutes to take an 18-17 win.

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2023

The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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