as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
I grieve for our loss
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Decadents love and mourn the fall of Rome.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026 -
Former customers took to social media to mourn or celebrate the airline’s death.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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One of those scholars was Bell, the professor whose departure the students were lamenting.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Or at least hasn’t been a thing since what Streep lamented as the Marvel-izing of all cinema.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
3 May 2026
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“Grieve (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieve%20%28for%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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