regrettable

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He said although the incident was regrettable, it was due to "the scale and complexity" of publishing more than 700 documents.

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Now, given his bit-part season, it's merely regrettable but entirely salvageable.

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One of the departing hereditaries, the Earl of Devon, said the bill was regrettable.

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Cuba's deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío said the US had shown a "willingness" to cooperate on "clarifying these regrettable events".

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"We will now turn to the difficult and regrettable task of winding down our health assistance in Zimbabwe," US ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont said in a statement.

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