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regret

[ri-gret] / rɪˈgrɛt /




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CEO Huang added: "The only regret that I have is that I didn't invest more and sooner."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

And with that veil ripped off, every emotion they didn’t let themselves feel, every word left unsaid, every last regret, all become instantly magnified, sprawling out before them on an endless road.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

“I deeply regret that this has raised questions about the integrity and independence of Shook’s rankings.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Time and reality have a way of changing people’s perspectives, and I suspect many people will eventually regret some of the choices they made while they were angry.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Only someone thoroughly familiar with the political history of the 1790s could recognize what a major concession and personal confession of regret Jefferson was making.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The 23-year-old Park, the only woman in South Korea's team of 36 eSports competitors heading to Japan, said she wanted to "go all out and have no regrets".

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

By the time it ended I was ready to join a festival of regrets myself.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The Moneyist regrets he cannot reply to questions individually,

From MarketWatch Aug. 8, 2026

"I have a ton of regrets, particularly because I now see that I never needed to be so mean or cruel," he wrote in his 2020 memoir.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

"The great tactician of personal responsibility regrets our absence . . ." Doesn't he see how I feel, I thought, can't he see why I did it?

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

"I don't know what they'll do with it, but I have regretted that, because it was a really good song!" she joked.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

He acknowledged succumbing to the “deal heat” Cohan mentioned, but never regretted it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Martin Green, director of the contest, said in a statement that the EBU regretted Avrotros's decision but respected its views.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said he regretted his vote during a campaign appearance last summer, before his reelection in November.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

She chanced a breath to relax and immediately regretted it.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

“I don’t like to go through life regretting anything. I want to make sure I can look back and be like, ‘Hey, I tried it out.’”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

“I don’t think anyone is regretting the wars, but maybe we’ll be sorry we didn’t do more,” Winner said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

He may be regretting the informality, even if he regularly drums home a message that "nothing good happens after midnight".

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

By the time Halloween arrived, Harry was regretting his rash promise to go to the deathday party.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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