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as in to criticize
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
Many residents spoke at the budget meeting to deplore the mayor's proposed cuts to the police force.
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as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas
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as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest
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Recent Examples of deplore
China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Opposition to corruption is about as universal a belief as exists in the world today, one that even blatantly kleptocratic regimes such as Russia claim to deplore.
—Casey Michel, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2025
Since Trump’s return to power, the economic story is one in which even protectionist policies that almost every economist deplores haven’t prevented the American stock market from rising and the American growth machine from churning onward.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
As this week’s Global Times article shows, China deplores being cast as a lawbreaker.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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House Democrats swiftly criticized the Senate.—
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Bibelheimer also had good reason to criticize the film, as Ferrell’s portrayal of her was wildly at odds with the truth.—
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By evening, hundreds were there for a vigil to mourn the death and urge the public to resist immigration enforcers.—
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And as the university mourns Ward’s death, Self helped to put the win in perspective.—
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Millions of Gen Zers are facing unemployment as entry-level office roles get absorbed by AI, and millennials are regretting taking out thousands in student loans for careers that now have significantly diminished prospects.—
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Whitfield never regretted making his intentions for a wife so public, but a few overzealous interactions had put him on guard.—
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Chipotle and Cava both reported weaker sales this fall, blaming a slowdown among younger diners who are packing lunches instead.—
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The hurricane has been blamed for 77 deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization.—
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At the same time, however, political parties could play a role in restoring trust by calling out their own, increasing their own accountability by lamenting real offenses among their own members.—
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Advocates, people working in the criminal justice system and community members have lamented its closure since.—
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Most lawmakers who condemned the incident did not call it a murder in their public statements.—
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The United States should be condemned by the international community and all peoples of this earth.—
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But in a shocker move in September 1983, Joe Strummer kicked guitarist Mick Jones out of the band, denouncing his former mate as a rock-star sellout.—
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Anger and apology Bosch, who was crowned Miss Universe Mexico earlier this year, denounced Nawat for insulting her.—
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On Earth, tectonic faulting in the seafloor enables water to plunge kilometers down into the rock, and as fresh faults are opened up by shifting tectonic plates, new rock is exposed, maintaining the nutrient supply released into the ocean through hydrothermal vents.—
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Nineteen students and two teachers were killed, and investigations have faulted the police response and suggested that a 77-minute delay in police mounting a counterassault could have contributed to the carnage.—
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“Deplore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplore. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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