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  • present participle of lament.
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lamenting

[luh-men-ting] / ləˈmɛn tɪŋ /


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Any given search might surface a terse op-ed lamenting higher prices or news coverage of criticism by regulators and policymakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Those in the data center industry are lamenting the state of public opinion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

What value is there in an existence spent lamenting what was and what could’ve been?

From Salon • May 30, 2026

She called herself “kinda done with politics,” lamenting that there was “so much division” in the country.

From Slate • May 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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