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- verb Past participle of
regret
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Examples
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And he never again regretted wearing the Hat, nor did he feel like a pretender.
The Captain's Hat 2009
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And he never again regretted wearing the Hat, nor did he feel like a pretender.
The Captain's Hat 2009
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From his letters, there are reasons to believe that Einstein regretted the few interfaces he experienced with governments and their militaries.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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From his letters, there are reasons to believe that Einstein regretted the few interfaces he experienced with governments and their militaries.
Archive 2006-01-22 Michael Evans 2006
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One thing to be regretted is they have no butterflies.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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Gerald de Barry, who had written in Latin, regretted at the end of his life that he had not employed the French language, "gallicum," which would have secured to his works, he thought, a greater and more lasting fame. [
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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The Kaiser in appropriate terms regretted the loss of this tried public servant and said: "However, the course remains the same full steam ahead!"
Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886
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Israel's military said it "regretted" that the group published the photos rather than bringing them directly to the army to be investigated.
World Watch 2010
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California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina (R) said Sunday morning that she "regretted" her remarks last week, caught on a live mic, in which she related a friend's criticism of Boxer's hairstyle.
No apology from Fiorina for comment on Boxer's hairstyle 2010
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A spokesman for Connecting for Health, which is overseeing the project, said it "regretted" the delays.
"On budget"? Not a sheep 2008
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