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bemoan

verb as in express sorrow

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But she bemoaned the “militarization” of the police and called for “civilianizing as many functions as possible.”

He bemoaned the "silent" atmosphere during England's friendly win over Wales last month and once again the crowd were subdued in the hosts' first game at Wembley since his criticism.

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Students have bashed and bemoaned the report across campus.

"All that the newspapers and television programmes were full of was where the Duke's horses were running, where David Sheppard was preaching and what Mrs Dexter was wearing," bemoaned Trueman.

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Germany's foreign minister described the situation in Sudan as "apocalyptic" on Saturday as reports of atrocities emerged after El-Fasher fell to paramilitaries, with Britain's top diplomat also bemoaning the crisis.

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