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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But Gates lamented the current state of the chipmaker, two months after Pat Gelsinger abruptly resigned as CEO following company-wide layoffs.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
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Will Brooklyn regret not trading Johnson at peak value?—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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And if waterproof eye makeup has left you rubbing and regretting in the past, don’t worry—we’ve found long-wear options that deliver a comfortable, smudge-proof definition without the teary-eyed struggle.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
17 Feb. 2025
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