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forget

[fer-get] / fərˈgɛt /




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He urged the public not to forget the tragedy, calling for such disasters never to happen again.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

“It’s amazing to see. Somebody at his level, you can easily forget how famous he is, or how accomplished he is, because he’ll hug every single person who comes through the door.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

It is easy to forget Fery is still inexperienced at the elite level following his Wimbledon heroics.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

People want to “set it and forget it,” but then they actually do forget it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

I will never forget the moment I led a four-year- old girl away from an animal enclosure – and I will never, ever forgive the people who made it necessary for her to hide there.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Here’s the thing about spending a month off-grid and overseas: Your body forgets how it feels to exist in America every day.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

"He has no phone or wallet with him and probably forgets the name of the hotel," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

It seems likely that with each passing year, humanity collectively forgets more of its cultural heritage than it manages to learn anew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

“There now,” he says, straightening up, “I’ll take just a minute. If I move too fast, my head forgets where it is.”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

But both pope & prince forgat in the meane while, that Boni pastoris est tondere pecus non excoriare.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First by Raphael Holinshed

Lile Doed were that fain he started clappin' his hands an' well-nigh forgat all about Melsh Dick an' t' squirrel.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman

Nor then forgat brave Sthenelus his charge Received from Diomede, but his own steeds Detaining distant from the boisterous war,370 Stretch'd tight the reins, and hook'd them fast behind.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper

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

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

“I completely forgot how often the same actors came back playing totally different characters,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In a bittersweet essay, Dolores’ daughter Juanita once recalled how her mother forgot to pick her up from junior high school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

It’s possible that they forgot prior generosity and focused on your “sorry, no.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Recently, he forgot where TCM was on his cable box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The children forgot Clare and ran, sprinting along the river, screaming and tripping and trying to save their small friend.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

You are more relaxed than you have ever been, and you have forgotten the way nearly every news story of the last decade grabs hold of your heart and squeezes, twists, strangles.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

Their theory suggests this forgotten particle may have played a crucial role in shaping the early cosmos and allowing matter to survive after the Big Bang.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Few in royal circles will have forgotten a 2022 turbulent trip to Jamaica by Prince William, when he and Princess Catherine were met with anti-monarchy protests and calls for reparations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

How UPS got started, a forgotten Founder, the real Sherlock Holmes and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I’d completely forgotten the photographs were today, if indeed I ever knew.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

But he says it’s better than the alternative — forgetting it’s there and reaching up to scratch or rub his face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

"I am slowly forgetting all the tricks," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Southern California natives are sure to shake hands after games and discuss happenings back home while never forgetting that “Winter is Coming.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The more interesting question is what remains after that forgetting takes place.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

It’s like the entire world is forgetting that sharing DNA with somebody doesn’t make me the same as them.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller


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