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“I do not pretend to be a hero. But I will save my family. It is regrettable I can only save half.”

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When highly agitated, as she was now, Lord Fredrick’s young bride had a regrettable tendency to blow over anything in her path.

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Jones apologised "again" for "regrettable comments" in a "private message" but welcomed being "cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to the malicious accusation of fraudulent activity".

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South Africa's foreign ministry described the decision by the White House as "regrettable".

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It described the furore as "a regrettable series of events in Pan Macmillan's past".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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