as in mourning
to feel or express sorrow for
I grieve for our loss
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Alex Vesia and Kayla Vesia are mourning the loss of their infant daughter.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025 -
In addition to family and fans, his teammates are mourning the loss of the promising young second-year player, who scored his first NFL touchdown on Monday Night Football two days before his death.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Instagram page @NYDrillOfficial posted a clip from the channel News 12 showing New Yorkers lamenting the SNAP shutdown.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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In lamenting that tendency, Kingsnorth joins a chorus as old as civilization.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Grieving (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieving%20%28for%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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