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as in grieved
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death
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as in lamented
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 mourned
And yet, 32 games later, the transaction is barely mourned and hardly mentioned.
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John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
—Josef Federman and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
And the Jewish world mourned the deaths of Ken Holtzman, the winningest Jewish pitcher in MLB history, and Hall of Fame jockey Walter Blum, who rode to victory in the Belmont Stakes.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
On this day, in an Assad-free Damascus, he is mourned loudly by hundreds in a funeral procession that starts at the hospital where he was identified and ends at his final resting place.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Throughout the six-episode second-half of Season 5, people mourned, investigators investigated, and killers were brought to frontier justice.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
When founder and owner Albert 'Rene' Trevino stepped down from running Rene's in July amid a battle with cancer, Broad Ripple residents mourned the loss of the 20-year-old neighborhood staple.
—Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
As authorities searched for him, his wife and children mourned his loss.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Nakayama’s agency mourned the entertainer and expressed shock and sadness.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
—Josef Federman and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
And the Jewish world mourned the deaths of Ken Holtzman, the winningest Jewish pitcher in MLB history, and Hall of Fame jockey Walter Blum, who rode to victory in the Belmont Stakes.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
On this day, in an Assad-free Damascus, he is mourned loudly by hundreds in a funeral procession that starts at the hospital where he was identified and ends at his final resting place.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Throughout the six-episode second-half of Season 5, people mourned, investigators investigated, and killers were brought to frontier justice.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
When founder and owner Albert 'Rene' Trevino stepped down from running Rene's in July amid a battle with cancer, Broad Ripple residents mourned the loss of the 20-year-old neighborhood staple.
—Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
As authorities searched for him, his wife and children mourned his loss.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Nakayama’s agency mourned the entertainer and expressed shock and sadness.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Mourned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mourned. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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