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as in grieves
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death
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as in laments
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 mourns
Abundant Life Christian School, a nondenominational institution with 420 students, mourns the lives lost while grappling with the tragedy's aftermath.
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Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Theater community mourns the loss of Jared Sakren Many of Sakren's friends, colleagues and former students expressed their emotions at the news of his passing on social media and to The Arizona Republic.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
This female apparition mourns alongside the family of the recently deceased.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Six years later, her family still mourns — and someone wants revenge for Robin's death.
—Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Harry Styles is paying tribute to the late Liam Payne as One Direction mourns their loss.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
Ali Assaf, 20, his family's sole survivor of an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia, mourns his relatives.
—NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
The family of Panathinaikos mourns his sudden death.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
In remembering Ratan Tata ji (as he was respectfully called,) India mourns the loss of not only a business icon but an extraordinary human.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Theater community mourns the loss of Jared Sakren Many of Sakren's friends, colleagues and former students expressed their emotions at the news of his passing on social media and to The Arizona Republic.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
This female apparition mourns alongside the family of the recently deceased.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Six years later, her family still mourns — and someone wants revenge for Robin's death.
—Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Harry Styles is paying tribute to the late Liam Payne as One Direction mourns their loss.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
Ali Assaf, 20, his family's sole survivor of an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia, mourns his relatives.
—NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
The family of Panathinaikos mourns his sudden death.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
In remembering Ratan Tata ji (as he was respectfully called,) India mourns the loss of not only a business icon but an extraordinary human.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Mourns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mourns. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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