as in mourning
to feel or express sorrow for
I grieve for our loss
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Massachusetts residents are mourning the brand’s exit from its hometown.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Lil Jon is mourning the death of his son, Nathan Smith, at 27.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Feb. 2026
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Instead what followed was the slow disintegration of a championship core, an inability to reclimb the mountain and the slow, depressing slide into lamenting what could have been.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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UConn is 22-1, has won 18 in a row, is 7-0 in true road games, ranked third in the nation, and the coach is no longer lamenting a lack of killer instinct, but showing the lack of respect card.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Grieving (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieving%20%28for%29. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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