lament for
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And while “Marce Catlett” is in many ways a lament for an “oldfangled” lifestyle that now persists only in stories, it arrives at another of this author’s favorite words.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Chelsea's fans mirrored the mood of dysfunction and crisis hanging over the club by opening this dramatic FA Cup night at Villa Park with a loud lament for lost owner Roman Abramovich.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2024
He offers a lament for an Indigenous people historically persecuted in their own land.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023
In a lament for Bookforum’s earlier closure, former Times books editor and Bookforum contributor David L. Ulin called the journal “edgy, opinionated, willing to be provocative” and a reminder that “literature is a collective soul.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023
We answered with a cry of our own, both a victory yell and a lament, for everything lost and yet to be gained.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
