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be sorry for





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“If she feels she has to do one more cycle because she needs to be sure that she will not be sorry for not trying, we will give her the chance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“I’m sorry,” she said repeatedly to Judge Lisa Lench, who replied that she had nothing to be sorry for and called for a short break.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

And he won’t say sorry for that, because his grandpa taught him he shouldn’t be sorry for anything.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2022

"I know for some of you it was a horrible decision on my part, and I will always be sorry for that, but I promise you it was the right one," she wrote on Instagram.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2022

I told him thanks doc you wont be sorry for giving me my 2nd chanse like Miss Kinnian says.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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