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have been lamenting

  • present perfect progressive of lament.

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Ski resorts have been lamenting how the recent storms haven’t produced much snow.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

Broncos 28, Seahawks 14: Fans have been lamenting what life might be like without Russell Wilson; Monday they’re going to see it firsthand.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2022

While Iowans have been lamenting the meager share of vaccine the state has received, the state has been ill-equipped to manage the distribution of the doses it does have.

From Washington Times Feb. 15, 2021

That's how millennials and boomers have been lamenting the loss of the Argos catalogue.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2020

In your absence we have been lamenting like forsaken shepherdesses.

From The Making of a Saint by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)