Sometimes,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Publishers who chose that business plan might regret it now, but they might not have had much choice.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Present me with such a plan, and I will praise it with pleasure and accept it without the slightest feeling of regret."

VOA: special.2009.03.19

The president said he had considerable regret in accepting the resignation of "one of our nation's finest soldiers."

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The young man feels regret, which only grows as he falls in love with her daughter.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

The nations also say they regret that the Copenhagen Accord has no force of law.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

"I do not regret it." he said. "It is better to be defeated battling for an honest idea, than to win by a cowardly trick."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

She did not wish to act quickly and do anything she might regret.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

American officials have expressed regret for the incident.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

Messages of regret came from around the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

What, you think I regret saving you? I can see that you do.I just... I don't know why.

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It is something they now deeply regret, because,she says,"the promises of the Orange Revolution were not kept."

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

I mean, why didn't you justlet the van crush me and save yourself all this regret?

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I can't bring myself to regret the decisionsthat brought me face-to-face with death.

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