1
as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of poignant letters addressed to her
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as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades
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Recent Examples of bemoan
Amid the shortage of memory chips, prices and margins for memory makers have been widening, while hyperscalers have bemoaned cost increases for end-user goods and services.
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Tobias Burns, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Yet while plenty of people bemoan the death of the big-screen romantic comedy—essays about this very problem arrive on schedule every few years or so, like impatient cicadas—nobody seems all that sad about the demise of chick lit.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
Investing legend Warren Buffett bemoaned the gambling culture that has taken over financial markets while continuing to preach his brand of patience.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Nowadays, old-school residents bemoan the neighborhood’s evolution from grungy to grandiose; what was once a warren of hedonism has become a breeding ground for characterless watering holes whose lack of personality is bested only by the exorbitance of their beer prices.
—Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
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Tobias Burns, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Yet while plenty of people bemoan the death of the big-screen romantic comedy—essays about this very problem arrive on schedule every few years or so, like impatient cicadas—nobody seems all that sad about the demise of chick lit.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
Investing legend Warren Buffett bemoaned the gambling culture that has taken over financial markets while continuing to preach his brand of patience.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Nowadays, old-school residents bemoan the neighborhood’s evolution from grungy to grandiose; what was once a warren of hedonism has become a breeding ground for characterless watering holes whose lack of personality is bested only by the exorbitance of their beer prices.
—Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
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All of these moments represent a public display of mourning for Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, after their tragic assassinations shocked the state last June.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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The funeral, burial and farewell events for Khamenei will occur between July 4 and 9 during Muharram, a traditional period of mourning in the Shiite Muslim calendar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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The club’s owner, Willie Dann, said he is horrified by what has happened recently and regrets ever hiring Kerlew.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
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Macron’s office said the two had discussed the project at length and regretted that the main industry partners, European aerospace group Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain, and France’s Dassault Aviation, had not been able to reach an agreement.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Laviolette, whose only full season outside the head coaching ranks in the past quarter-century came during Kopitar’s final campaign, lamented not being able to work with the two-way virtuoso.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Some long-time users lamented being forced to new software when the current software worked fine, if not better, than the new app.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
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“Bemoan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoan. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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