as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
I grieve for our loss
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Gen Curtis King, commanding general of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, said his troops are mourning Key’s loss.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
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But giraffes may have the capacity to mourn, too, anthropologist Barbara King, the author of How Animals Grieve, wrote in Scientific American in 2013.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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As the portal opened in April, but Medved and women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit lamented the lack of official transparency in the transfer marketplace.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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Some vaccine critics have lamented that Makary has not pulled Covid-19 vaccines off the market.—
Sarah Owermohle,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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“Grieve (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieve%20%28for%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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