rueful
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"Fortunately for us, we have been on this fiscal consolidation path for a while," Aurangzeb said with a rueful smile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
It’s a unique pleasure to read his final, rueful work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
He flashes a rueful smile, "we're used to it, but it's pretty awful."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Their catch-up turns into a rueful airing out of long-simmering resentments in a way that shakes Jay to his core, confirming some of his own worst suspicions about himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
“You’re right,” he said with a rueful smile, and commenced to teach me that as well.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
Vocabulary lists containing rueful
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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