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rue

[roo] / ru /


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How Pakistan will rue being dismissed for 133 on the first day.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

Scotland will rue their missed opportunities - Dunkley was on four when put down by Priyanaz Chatterji.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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

Radio sets are to be delivered to 27 rue de Chartres before tomorrow noon.

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

She also rues the ubiquity of leaf blowers and poisons in Americans’ pursuit of tidy, manicured lawns, which provide no shelter for overwintering creatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

The Hook’s founder, Hawes Spencer, rues the sudden demise of his old paper’s historical record.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022

He rues losing "millions of subscribers", but refuses to divulge the money he was making from YouTube.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2022

He rues the disallowed goal, but is pragmatic about the referee’s decision.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2022

In the finest part of Paris there are few alleys or stables, but splendid rues and boulevards lined with magnificent buildings with elegant fronts, have taken their places.

From The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany by George H. Heffner

He edged Leclerc by just 0.006secs as Ferrari rued yet another tantalising chance slipping through their fingers.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“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

"Why did they forget me?" rued Cano, one of hundreds of women affected by a breast cancer screening scandal in the southern region's public health system that has shocked the country.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

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

While I took joy from dwelling on happy moments, I rued the pain I had often caused my family through my absence.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Woodward and Leicester won at Welford Road last month, but Sale, 10 points up with half an hour to go, were left ruing indiscipline that let the hosts back into that game.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025

They outspent labor by 6 to 1 — a gap the unions may be ruing.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 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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