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are lamenting

  • present progressive of lament.

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Those in the data center industry are lamenting the state of public opinion.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

But it’s highly unlikely that most of Kiskaddon’s clients are lamenting his work.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2024

Some are lamenting the impending demise of another piece of the city’s history, but are not at all surprised.

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2023

While other players are lamenting the games that will no longer be available to buy when the stores close.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2022

Ráma hears that the people are lamenting his blind folly in taking back to his bosom the wife who was so long a captive in the palace of Rávaṇ.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)