as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for
I grieve for our loss
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Shanahan family Skydiving community mourns This region of Missouri, near the Kansas border, is a popular skydiving area, according to Northern Bates County Commissioner John Gray.—
Selina Guevara,
NBC news,
15 June 2026 -
Sports world mourns after college football prospect found dead on campus at age 20.—
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FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Here’s the latest harrowing dispatch from the frontlines of education, as yet another higher education instructor laments that his pupils literally can’t read.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
10 June 2026
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On that song, Chapman laments about his unwillingness to evolve.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2026
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But on a certain level, Van Gundy will always be a Knicks lifer who regrets resigning from the team a quarter century ago and who was interested in his old job when David Fizdale and Tom Thibodeau were hired instead.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Perhaps Sylvie now regrets her time in Moscow, even the tenor of her politics.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Grieves (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieves%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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