as in boo
used to express sorrow or distress
Juliet's pitiful lament, "alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!"
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Our picks are based on first-hand experience testing in the field on real trips (alas, we don't get paid to tromp around the wilderness).
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Lots of stories about guidance not being good enough, which is, alas, untrue, too.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
But, alas, things in Glocca Morra are not all fine.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
The fraternity brothers, alas, aren’t exactly on the same athletic level as White, who was one of the country’s best up-and-coming cyclists at the time of his death.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Lots of stories about guidance not being good enough, which is, alas, untrue, too.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
But, alas, things in Glocca Morra are not all fine.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
The fraternity brothers, alas, aren’t exactly on the same athletic level as White, who was one of the country’s best up-and-coming cyclists at the time of his death.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Alas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alas. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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