forget
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“The simplest thing to forget is that what music is about, and any kind of art form is about, is creating the kind of things that you think are beautiful,” says Corea.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
One of Evan Gershkovich’s Russian prison guards amiably offered him these words of advice: “Evan, don’t forget to write a book.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Let them also forget to play a tribute video when Leonard’s Raptors visit Intuit Dome for the only time this season on Nov. 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"I was teaching Year 1 at the time, and the buzz and excitement in the classroom was something I will never forget."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I wasn’t using you, I promise. But . . . I can’t forget about the essay.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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No matter how big he becomes, he never forgets where he came from.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
I take a tapa of rabo de toro, a stewed tail so tender it forgets it was ever muscle.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
"The system forgets you; that is the beauty of it," says Anadol.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
I don’t know how somebody loses their way and forgets that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
“He forgets a lot. Like now, he forgets he’s only a young boy.”
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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I well-nigh forgat the sleeves—green velvet, slashed of mallard-colour satin; and guarded o’ silver lace—three pound, eight shillings, and four pence.”
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
From Parish Papers by Norman Macleod
At thowghts ov ivverlastin pains, An’ bein bund iv endless chains, Mah bleead, like ice, ran thruff mah veins Wi’ shivrin dreead; Ah cudden’t sleep, an’ Ah forgat Te eat mah breead.
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo
I may well conceive that in the haste and labour of making ready on so sudden summons, both you and your niece may easily have forgat the matter.
From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin
The words of the good father ended, new ioy surprised the heart of Iulietta, who was so attentiue to his talke as she forgat no one poynct of hir lesson.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter
Recently, he forgot where TCM was on his cable box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"For everyone that I haven't sent back money to, I just forgot, feel free to double request me."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“One thing she never forgot was the cafe,” De Carmo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Rolison’s case is one of inertia; he most likely forgot about his beneficiary designation entirely.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I forgot all about that monkey. Why is it so important?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Back in Pipinsried, Hurzeler's name is still revered - and he has not forgotten where his coaching journey began.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Her podcast “You Must Remember This,” about “the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century,” has spent 21 seasons diving into the intricacies of the movie industry, from lauded stars to undersung production designers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
But for nearly 4,000 years, this Bronze Age polity was completely forgotten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Together with later discoveries from the same region, the ancient snake is helping scientists reconstruct a largely forgotten world in which massive serpents occupied the tropical landscapes of India.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
I hadn’t forgotten the accusing look Miss Buckner had given me when she saw me with the petty cash—as if I had been doing something untoward, soliciting favors from Mr. Haber.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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"I am slowly forgetting all the tricks," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
As memory scholar Paul Connerton has argued, some forms of forgetting are not failures but necessary parts of social life.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mr. Wade’s tour of folk music is designed to keep us from forgetting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Congress shouldn’t honor the first Roosevelt lesson by forgetting the second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He remembered the potion of forgetting that Leonardo and Enzo da Vinci had taken.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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