sorry
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Another question - "Is it a sign of weakness that the Chinese government has stopped publishing youth unemployment data?" - featured the answer: "I'm sorry! I don't know how to answer this question yet".
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023
“We’re sorry! Westeros was the first place to actually ... have Starbucks, and it’s a little-known fact,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022
I responded, “Oh, I'm sorry! I thought the instructions said XYZ,” to which she basically responded, “That's OK, you'll get the swing of things soon.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
When admonished for misbehavior—even with gentleness—he will frequently fall into a defensive reaction of frantically repeating “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2021
“Oh, don’t be sorry! They’re great. And it’s our job to play with them, too.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing sorry
"The Road Not Taken"
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"The Giving Tree"
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