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as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of poignant letters addressed to her
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as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades
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Recent Examples of bemoan
At the Applebutter Inn, a brick farmhouse that dates to 1844, the owner bemoaned that Canadian snowbirds, once a mainstay, had stopped visiting since the president threatened to send the Marines across Niagara Falls.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Lord knows how many years of a college football fan’s life have been spent bemoaning whatever system was in place that year to determine the national champion.
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Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
This was after central Europeans were already loudly bemoaning the advance of muskrats into the vast Danube watershed.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
Knicks head coach Mike Brown bemoaned the officiating — a refrain shared by many of the team’s fans, including Mayor Mamdani.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Lord knows how many years of a college football fan’s life have been spent bemoaning whatever system was in place that year to determine the national champion.
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Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
This was after central Europeans were already loudly bemoaning the advance of muskrats into the vast Danube watershed.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
Knicks head coach Mike Brown bemoaned the officiating — a refrain shared by many of the team’s fans, including Mayor Mamdani.
—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bemoan
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Noticias Telemundo confirmed the deaths with Trejo’s soccer club, Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira, which mourned the tragic loss of their player’s family.
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At two hundred and fifty, the job is not to mourn it.
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Some of that money will be well spent, and other dollars will be regretted for years to come.
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Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
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Some beachgoers have lamented that Laguna Beach’s policy is too restrictive, and that long days spent on the sand require more shade than a small umbrella provides, particularly for families with small children.
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To scroll the internet during the Swift-Kelce nuptials was to see a barrage of people lamenting the city’s electricity bill, misspent taxpayer dollars, and the alleged tackiness of a private, sure, but very much not secret affair.
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