rue
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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
I did live to rue that for sure.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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
A record his brother bought at a shop on the rue Sainte-Marguerite four decades ago for fifty-five centimes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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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
Huard no doubt rues the three interceptions he threw, but getting the chance to play extensively Friday will no doubt prove beneficial to him the next time he starts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Twenty years on, Bayley still rues the catering.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2020
Now, Willie," cried she, addressing him, "wha rues it now?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
"Everyone who takes a look at me is like 'Can I take a picture?'" rued Hemetsberger.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 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
“Imagine what Miss Mortimer would say,” she rued.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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
Given the ease in which their lower order managed to clear the ropes as the innings progressed, Rizwan's side will be ruing that slow start with their semi-final hopes already hanging by a thread.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
After stopping the Rams, Seattle got the ball back and drove for another field goal, though again, the Seahawks were left ruing not getting more after having reached the 24.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 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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