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The best encounters with novels, Ms. Kanakia suggests, are those that forego line-by-line analysis or politically motivated allegory in favor of facing a reality that language can never fully contain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

That advantage existed because investors were willing to forego some interest income in return for the greater safety that U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reported External link over the weekend that SpaceX would forego a Mars mission in 2026, focusing on the moon instead.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

“Alternatively, noncitizens may choose not to appear and instead to forego their opportunity to pursue their claims for asylum or other relief from removal.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

Perhaps, I thought, I should forego the nonsense of rhyme.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

That ultimately led to Sorsby foregoing his final college season with the intention of entering the NFL’s supplemental draft this summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The bigger issue is that investors who stuck with staples, foregoing bigger gains in hopes they would provide a smoother ride, have been sorely mistaken.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

You are foregoing any increases in the stock market over the term of the annuity — but also hedging your bets against a severe downturn in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026

He agreed with Secretary Vance that to oppose it “would be foregoing an option that we could exercise in the event a peaceful solution is not in the offing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

The foregoing should not be read as a call for movement building to the exclusion of reform work.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

France are favourites to win the World Cup, but these sides would definitely believe they could be beaten – and let's not forget this tournament has already proved there are no foregone conclusions.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

In his telling, every meeting packs a punchline, conclusions are never foregone and suspense is rarely more than a page or two away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

If that makes the outcome seem like a foregone conclusion, it ain’t necessarily so, thanks to Labour’s laborious internal democratic process.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

Passage has gone from a foregone conclusion early in the year to a long shot, even though lawmakers hope to hold a committee vote in the next month.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

The castle with its towers and battlements looms below them like some misty vision of foregone glory.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

While Hopkins and many of her generation forewent having children, she notes that women today show up for job interviews pregnant, take family leave and still get tenure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

The former Rainier Beach star played at Yakima Valley College after graduating high school, but forewent a Division I career due to eligibility concerns and eventually joined the G League.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

But last month, after Thiessen’s stepmother and father, who are in their 70s, came down with covid, Thiessen, his wife and their children, ages 7 and 9, forewent testing.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2022

I’d read birth stories, for instance, from women who forewent the epidural and bragged that their children were consequently “so aware” and scored “perfect 10′s” on the Apgar.

From Salon ● May 7, 2013

It was through the intervention of Ugolino that he forewent this mission.

From Brother Francis Less than the least by Douglas, Eileen