as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
her grandfather asked her not to wail for him, saying that he had had a good life and was at peace
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Its living exhibits show moments from mankind’s relationship with technology: Mary Shelley (Sieh) mourns a child while giving Frankenstein’s monster life; a lonely nineteen-seventies roboticist (Ryan Spahn) calls his creation fondly by name; humans lose the robot war.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025 -
While many longtime fans of the ship have mourned the decision to sink it, the SS United States Conservancy and Okaloosa County say this was the only option to prevent the SS United States from being scrapped after it was evicted from its longtime Philadelphia pier.—
Danny Freeman,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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Last year, General Motors and Ford lamented missing where the market actually is with too many too-expensive EVs and not enough hybrids.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
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This was dialed back, but to this day users lament Musk's outsize presence on their feeds.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Comments Nany González doesn't regret skipping The Challenge season 40.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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And with every defeat, the impression that Amorim is regretting his decision to move to Manchester from Lisbon’s Sporting CP in the middle of the season gets stronger.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Wail (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wail%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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