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Also, oh dear. A polite exclamation expressing surprise, distress, sympathy, etc. For example, Dear me, I forgot to mail it, or Oh dear, what a bad time you've been having. These usages may originally have invoked God, as in dear God or oh God, which also continue to be so used. [Late 1600s]

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This fancy spice pack pairs with four different spirits—vodka, tequila, aquavit, and gin—to ensure the perfect morning pick-me-up.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tsongas and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) have led the charge for an all-American recruit shoe in Congress.
New Balance Lobbies Congress to Make the U.S. Military's Only Running Shoe|Tim Mak|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But instead of a witty pop song, we have yet more woe-is-me-feel-my-pain from an overpaid, over-cosseted celebrity.
Why We Should Hate 'Haters Gonna Hate'|Tim Teeman|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I would rather not say it annoys me because it sounds so aggrieved and me-centered.
The Author Of The Summer's Hit Paranoid Fantasy Opens Up|William O’Connor|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Played in reverse that becomes ‘Here’s me/Here I am/What we have lost/I am the messenger of love.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet these years spent in cafés and in studios have not turned them out into the world a devil-me-care lot of dreamers.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
Great fire at Eastport, Me., by which the larger portion of the business part of the town was destroyed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Desertion doesn't mean a sea of water between, it means an ocean of self-will and love-me-first between.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
For he's the soul of honor, Thyrsis; and he can't help how he feels about me-any more than I can help it.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Her silk parasol, of the blue of a forget-me-not, rested against her knee, and at her breast was a cream-tinted rose.
The Rake's Progress|Marjorie Bowen

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