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rue

[roo] / ru /


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The rue Lepic, the steep 1-kilometer stretch that punches up through the 18th arrondissement and leads the peloton toward the Sacré-Coeur basilica, is a more recent addition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

A couple of panelists rue the seeming lack of attention paid to “Murdaugh: Death in the Family,” touting Oscar and two-time Emmy winner Patricia Arquette.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

This decision will find an echo in “King Lear”; Lear, too, cites his age when giving the power to rule his kingdom to his daughters, and both characters live to rue their choices.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

Up ahead, Schauffele set the clubhouse target at 11 under, while MacIntyre was left to rue an errant shot on the 16th.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2026

He turns onto the rue d’Estrees, skirts behind the college, makes for the alley behind the Hotel-Dieu.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Shane Manogue, the owner of a construction and maintenance company, claims he is owed at least £20,000 and said he "rues the day" he met de Min.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

Until that point, Skye rues that she had lived like an adult since childhood, the inevitable consequence of entering Hollywood as an adolescent and lacking conventional parental guidance.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2025

Perhaps the biggest pieces of advice: get a manager, something Van Zandt never did and still rues.

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2021

History vindicated his decision, many would argue, but could not restore Dreyfuss’s formal training as an actor, something he still rues.

From The Guardian Jun. 24, 2020

He was born August 20, 1860, at Montevideo—"Ville en amphithéâtre, toits en terrasses, rues en daumiers, rade enorme"—of Breton parentage.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker

“MTV is going off the air at midnight tonight . . . man. There was a time when MTV was THE channel to be watching on New Year’s Eve,” rued one Bluesky user.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2026

In a speech in November 1992, Queen Elizabeth II rued the previous 12 months as an annus horribilis.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

South African skipper Donovan Ferreira rued batting failure.

From Barron's Nov. 1, 2025

Bearman rued his errors in practice as he digested his weekend so far.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2025

“Imagine what Miss Mortimer would say,” she rued.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Even a day and a win later, the Lakers were still ruing Thursday’s road loss in Denver.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2026

Alexander-Arnold curled a free-kick wide as the clock ticked down and it looked like Madrid were left ruing two points dropped, when the third was taken away from them too.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

Both men drove exquisitely, but Verstappen’s obvious delight and relief spoke volumes, while Norris was ruing what he realised was an opportunity missed not through any fault of his own, just by circumstances.

From BBC May 19, 2024

And boy are the Saints really ruing their Week 3 home loss to the Packers when Green Bay scored 18 points in the final 11 minutes to take an 18-17 win.

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2023

The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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