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lamentably





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Rangers had so much possession but were lamentably dull in their use of it.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

The ones in Professor Shugerman’s essay, lamentably, are not even legally persuasive.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2024

Klemperer recorded lamentably little of the music that he led as the musical face of the Weimar Republic.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2023

Despite its lamentably limited duration, the sunshine helped lift Friday’s high temperature to a more than merely tolerable 66.

From Washington Post Nov. 12, 2021

Mr. Hancock had indeed found a smith to make it after Mr. Lapham failed so lamentably.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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