lament
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New graduates lament that while their college professors discouraged the use of AI tools, hiring managers applaud it.
From MarketWatch โ Aug. 7, 2026
Cassidy closed with what sounded like a lament.
From Slate โ Aug. 7, 2026
It’s not just a lament about loneliness; it’s a challenge to change your perspective and maybe your life.
From Los Angeles Times โ Aug. 6, 2026
Bret may lament childhood’s demise, but if you had helicopter parents, these throes probably look less like trash than fire.
From Salon โ Aug. 6, 2026
He saw them scold and hurt each other; he saw them lament over pains at which the Samana laughs, and suffer at deprivations which a Samana does not feel.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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Hutchins is pessimistic about staving off the ban and laments what it would mean for the city's famed French restaurants.
From Barron's โ Sep. 28, 2026
McVay laments, usually lightheartedly, the loss of staff members that have ascended to become head coaches.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 8, 2026
“Whatever we can do to be supportive is a good thing,” Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan saluted, taking a break from deficit laments.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 3, 2026
But in Torkham, Sarwar's sister-in-law Zarina laments the precarious future they face: "We have no resources to start a business or earn a living, and we don't even own a tent to live in".
From BBC โ Sep. 1, 2026
Later, at dinner, she laments the fact that she’ll be thirty- five in a couple of months.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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Even captain Callum McGregor lamented Celtic's "team of individuals" after the weekend defeat at Ibrox.
From BBC โ Sep. 17, 2026
Envious of the stylish customers at a local Dairy Queen, he lamented his chain’s shabby student clientele.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 14, 2026
She also lamented that some people today still treat Muslims differently because of the attack.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 11, 2026
"Normally, we guide around 20 pilots over the course of an hour. But right now, 40 are in the queue. Inevitably, delays build up," she lamented.
From Barron's โ Aug. 23, 2026
Once these facts had been absorbed and lamented, Briony was gently returned to the scene itself, to the events on the lake island.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Another used A.I. to animate a photo of Walters, the digital replica lamenting his sentence of “death by incarceration.”
From Slate โ Sep. 17, 2026
He is tempted by Vannacci but will not vote next year, he said, lamenting the lack of a long-term vision for the country.
From Barron's โ Sep. 2, 2026
We observe them lamenting how powerless they feel: Their medical skills can do some good, but not nearly enough.
From Los Angeles Times โ Aug. 21, 2026
She received dozens of letters lamenting the “good old days” of “American” recipes like cola-soaked pork chops, but she didn’t listen.
From Salon โ Aug. 6, 2026
Peter Tatakis was lamenting the fact that he would never have a widow to mourn his death.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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