sorry
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Another question - "Is it a sign of weakness that the Chinese government has stopped publishing youth unemployment data?" - featured the answer: "I'm sorry! I don't know how to answer this question yet".
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023
I responded, “Oh, I'm sorry! I thought the instructions said XYZ,” to which she basically responded, “That's OK, you'll get the swing of things soon.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
“Sorry, sorry! No, that’s not allowed! Let’s do that again,” Rutte said, breaking into a laugh.
From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2020
"I'm so sorry! I'm not sure what just happened..."
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2018
“It’s them as should be sorry! I knew yeh weren’t gettin’ yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn’t even know abou’ Hogwarts, fer cryin’ out loud!
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing sorry
"The Road Not Taken"
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"The Giving Tree"
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