as in regretting
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
I rue the day I agreed to this stupid plan
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Recent Examples of ruing
Henry, ruing Arsenal’s lack of a player in that mould, suggested to assembled French journalists that Arsenal needed a ‘renard de surface’.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
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regretting
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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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Meanwhile, the success of his industry satire—co-created by Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez—has resulted in several industry folks regretting their previous rejections of Rogen.—
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“Ruing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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