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rueful

adjective as in regretful

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A more rueful Norris acknowledged that events had given Ocon and Verstappen the chance to bank track position, and to change their tyres for free.

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The Swede was left in rueful tears after the match was lost by a single hole, with Korda being awarded an eagle because her ball might have fallen below ground on that 13th hole.

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“Don’t be fooled,” he says with a rueful smile.

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“No. That wasn’t even my plan,” the same staffer replied with a rueful laugh.

“Sometimes, when I think about what happened, I wish I did not go to school,” said Jennifer with a rueful grin.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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