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lament

[luh-ment] / lษ™หˆmษ›nt /


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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

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

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

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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