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to feel or express sorrow for
- her grandfather asked her not to wail for him, saying that he had had a good life and was at peace
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“Wail (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wail%20%28for%29. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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