1
as in to grieve
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death
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as in to lament
to feel or express sorrow for
an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater
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Recent Examples of mourn
Zodiac Killer Project Director: Charlie Shackleton United States, United Kingdom, 2025
When a passion project completely disintegrates, most filmmakers give up, move on and mourn their masterpiece that got away.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Laments by people mourning relatives who died for lack of medication and essential supplies at Cuban hospitals are now commonplace.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
After a brief moment mourning Acacia, the episode this week starts in earnest with the reading challenge.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Dwayne Johnson is mourning the loss of his pet pooch.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Laments by people mourning relatives who died for lack of medication and essential supplies at Cuban hospitals are now commonplace.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
After a brief moment mourning Acacia, the episode this week starts in earnest with the reading challenge.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Dwayne Johnson is mourning the loss of his pet pooch.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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The school district is offering resources to the grieving students at Washington Middle School, who are in grades 6 though 8, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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What’s the right way to grieve when the act won’t forgive a crime?—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Islanders lamented their 21 shots on goal – two fewer than their first period against the Nashville Predators on Saturday in an entertaining 7-4 victory.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Continue reading … 'WE'LL HIRE YOU' – Governor laments federal workers being fired by Trump admin, offers them jobs.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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As the Miami Herald columnist Omar Kelly said, teams that pass on Ward will certainly regret it.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Oscars have come along way since 2005 in regards to nominating LGBTQ stories and openly gay creators, and Oscar voters largely regret the Crash Best Picture win.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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The grandmother would flee, and Billy would smite his chest and in Old Testament tones bewail his sinful life.—
Werner Herzog,
The New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2023
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Among progressives, the same people who bewail the influence of corporations on cultural and political life also propose to entrench the social role of big businesses by making individual Americans more dependent on them for everything from health care to retirement income.—
Kevin D. Williamson,
National Review,
13 May 2021
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“Mourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mourn. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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