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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

Antonelli, too, was left to rue a mistake on his final run, saying he lost 0.2secs in Turn One taking things too easy because of the rain - he missed out on pole by 0.133secs.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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

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

Back to the intersection with the rue d’Estrees.

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

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

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

Poor bard accept one genuine tear, And read thy true eulogium here; Here in my heart, that rues the day, Which stole Eryri’s pride away.

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans

"Neighbors end up fighting over a chicken," she rued.

From Barron's ● May 20, 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

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

Leclerc, disappointed to miss out on pole, rued traffic on his first lap of final qualifying, which he said meant he went into his final run blind.

From BBC ● May 24, 2025

The authorities rued the fact that they had allowed us study privileges, and Badenhorst was determined to rectify that mistake.

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

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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