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rue

[roo] / ru /


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The rue Lepic, the steep 1-kilometer stretch that punches up through the 18th arrondissement and leads the peloton toward the Sacré-Coeur basilica, is a more recent addition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

A couple of panelists rue the seeming lack of attention paid to “Murdaugh: Death in the Family,” touting Oscar and two-time Emmy winner Patricia Arquette.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

I did live to rue that for sure.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2026

This decision will find an echo in “King Lear”; Lear, too, cites his age when giving the power to rule his kingdom to his daughters, and both characters live to rue their choices.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

A record his brother bought at a shop on the rue Sainte-Marguerite four decades ago for fifty-five centimes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Shane Manogue, the owner of a construction and maintenance company, claims he is owed at least £20,000 and said he "rues the day" he met de Min.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

Until that point, Skye rues that she had lived like an adult since childhood, the inevitable consequence of entering Hollywood as an adolescent and lacking conventional parental guidance.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2025

Huard no doubt rues the three interceptions he threw, but getting the chance to play extensively Friday will no doubt prove beneficial to him the next time he starts.

From Seattle Times Nov. 26, 2021

Twenty years on, Bayley still rues the catering.

From The Guardian Mar. 12, 2020

Now, Willie," cried she, addressing him, "wha rues it now?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

"Everyone who takes a look at me is like 'Can I take a picture?'" rued Hemetsberger.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

“MTV is going off the air at midnight tonight . . . man. There was a time when MTV was THE channel to be watching on New Year’s Eve,” rued one Bluesky user.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2026

In a speech in November 1992, Queen Elizabeth II rued the previous 12 months as an annus horribilis.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

Leclerc, disappointed to miss out on pole, rued traffic on his first lap of final qualifying, which he said meant he went into his final run blind.

From BBC May 24, 2025

“Imagine what Miss Mortimer would say,” she rued.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Even a day and a win later, the Lakers were still ruing Thursday’s road loss in Denver.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2026

Alexander-Arnold curled a free-kick wide as the clock ticked down and it looked like Madrid were left ruing two points dropped, when the third was taken away from them too.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

Given the ease in which their lower order managed to clear the ropes as the innings progressed, Rizwan's side will be ruing that slow start with their semi-final hopes already hanging by a thread.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2025

After stopping the Rams, Seattle got the ball back and drove for another field goal, though again, the Seahawks were left ruing not getting more after having reached the 24.

From Seattle Times Sep. 10, 2023

The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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