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bemoan

[bih-mohn] / bɪˈmoʊn /


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The return of the wolf in California has been met with joy by conservationists, who delight in the improbable population rebound, and with fury by ranchers who bemoan the toll on their cattle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Today, however, we come not to bemoan the bad times but celebrate the good times, for the Angels and Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Arsenal, for instance, used to bemoan its trips to Stoke City, a scrappy, physical team that made set pieces its bread and butter, because it had no hope of winning otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

And in several anonymized survey responses shared exclusively with Salon, parents didn’t bemoan their offspring as being anything close to lazy or entitled.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2025

Unless you write yourself, you can’t know how wonderful it is; I always used to bemoan the fact that I couldn’t draw, but now I’m overjoyed that at least I can write.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

He approves of strengthening some local restrictions but bemoans the "terrible cost" and wonders "for HOW LONG?"

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

Glenn Whipp bemoans the unlikelihood of Daniel Craig earning an acting nod as sly sleuth Benoit Blanc.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2025

Wall Street bemoans Mamdani’s win, Trump threatens Jay Powell again, and the Bezos-Sanchez wedding is flashy and splashy.

From Slate Jun. 28, 2025

She bemoans that she had to pay for her interpreter to manage treatment.

From Salon Jan. 22, 2025

I may not see The sacred round of yon great light Rising again to greet me from the night; No friend bemoans my fate, no tear hath fallen for me!

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

But others in the bloc have bemoaned the lack of progress on a long-stalled five-point peace plan that has formed the basis of engagement.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Tottenham's then-head coach Thomas Frank bemoaned the automatic three-match ban, but the club decided against appealing, believing they had no chance of success.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Others bemoaned the missed opportunities, wondering why Murrell couldn’t have gotten a Lamborghini or one of the cheaper Picassos.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Kavanaugh bemoaned the male loneliness crisis just before they were joined by Patel, who cried, “Does this bar take Kaaaaash?”

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

He bemoaned the fact that Americans generally made the worst spies.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

In a video, Dr. Becky marks Employee Appreciation Week by bemoaning how uncelebrated parents’ wins often are.

From Slate May 10, 2026

But she wishes some of those fans had been shopping at her stores on a monthly or quarterly basis in recent years rather than now bemoaning what’s been lost.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

The 12 children, whose ages stretch from 9 to the late teens, devote themselves to making fun of the parents, bemoaning society’s demise and camping on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

"The Olympics only happen every four years and only a very few times in a career," he said, bemoaning the lack of "Olympic atmosphere" in Bormio.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

He was bemoaning the shortage of Celestial bronze when Festus began to whir and squeak.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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