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lamentable

[luh-men-tuh-buhl, lam-uhn-tuh-] / ləˈmɛn tə bəl, ˈlæm ən tə- /


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In a shoot-out of lamentable quality, Celtic missed three of their five penalties and exited the tournament.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

"Local police and Spain's Civil Guard have begun investigating to try to clear up this lamentable event, in which everything points towards a robbery," read the post.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 2026

“It’s a lamentable act that has to be investigated and punished,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters Thursday at her morning news conference.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2024

Smartphones have become an indispensable on-mountain tool — although the push to eliminate paper trail maps is lamentable.

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2023

And no one’s stopping, and she’s lying there on her back, a bulky fifty-odd woman in a poor-person green coat, gabardine, and lamentable shoes all cracked, her arms outflung.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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