forget
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Don’t forget to capture high-value items in drawers and closets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A decade ago there was a day of celebration in the little Borders coastal village of St Abbs that they will never forget.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We will never forget the friendship and generosity of the United States,” she added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Don’t forget that this list is for aggressive short-term traders only.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
I just wanted to forget Russell, forget that any of this had happened.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Its subject is Hannah Upp, a young teacher prey to dissociative fugue states in which she forgets her own identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"The system forgets you; that is the beauty of it," says Anadol.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The sea is sometimes so tranquil that Captain Hassan Khan forgets his ship has been stuck in the middle of a war zone for three months.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
But when the games matter most, the unstoppable offensive machine who revolutionized the sport somehow forgets how to score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
"He's been in the bathroom for hours and it's time he came out. He sits in there reading books and he forgets completely where he is! Do you have any children, my dear?"
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
She well-nigh forgat that God might have some better thing in store for her, to the which He was leading her all the time, along this weary road.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
Joseph made a touching appeal to the Chief Butler: “yet did not the Chief Butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
From Parish Papers by Norman Macleod
"And ye hev forgat yer sacred office to call me nicknames," answered Matthew, nothing abashed.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Sir Hall Caine
While nights at Deildar-Tongue were long, They clean forgat the Brothers'-Tongue.
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
“One thing she never forgot was the cafe,” De Carmo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The title track opens the set with a patiently strummed acoustic guitar and Beck’s voice leading with “Yesterday / Paper roses they forgot to bloom.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The thermostat had been set to 71 degrees Fahrenheit and a worker forgot to turn off the air-conditioning.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
He was about to tell her that the storm had ripped it away, when he turned .and forgot about the cape.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
“It’s really quite radical to make this little old lady, one of the forgotten generation of left-behind women, your master sleuth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the process, she discovered the forgotten digital detritus left on their hard drives: old resumes, photo albums, Word documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"The compassion shown by all of you will never be forgotten by us, and brought us comfort and strength at the darkest time of our lives."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
And a nursing home of senior citizens belts out its fear of being forgotten after they die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
They thought he had forgotten to come, so they sent a messenger to our home to remind him.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The member of the Groundlings main company has made guest appearances throughout the year with the Joes, sometimes catching themselves watching in admiration and forgetting they were in the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
—Southwest pilot and pilot podcast host Max Palmer, on wealthy pilots who splurge on boats, cars and planes, forgetting about past layoffs and industry crises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The results can be found today in professional locker rooms around the country, today’s stars never forgetting the 5-foot-4 bulldog who gave them their first headline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
But queer clubs were never only about forgetting.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
She knew that when an X-ray shows no broken bones, it doesn’t mean that more isn’t broken, like forgetting how to fly.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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