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forget

[fer-get] / fərˈgɛt /




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The soccer spectacular concludes with a mild snoozer in the Meadowlands, but this epic tournament will be hard to forget.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Because people may forget foods or misjudge how much they consumed, self reported diet data can be imperfect.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

"Soon, all the boys around me were doing it. Pssht, pssht. It was so much fun. Once you saw it, you couldn't forget it."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

One could easily read the film as a meta examination of Neill’s work, of the kinds of characters he was drawn to, the ones that no audience member could soon forget.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

I’m very good at what I do, and in time, you’ll forget I even exist.

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

"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

I don’t know how somebody loses their way and forgets that.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

If she forgets to take her seizure medication, Ponce said, she can have several episodes a day.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

Smoke was suddenly everywhere, like the air in a living room where someone forgets to open the flue before starting a fire.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

There I lay down and went to sleep before long, but deemed I heard no little talk going on betwixt Anna and the guest ere I forgat it all.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

Item, cross-garters of scarlet—how’s that?” quoth Ned, scratching his forehead with a pencil: “I must have forgat the price o’ them.

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah

And they both forgat the Sundering Flood, and how they should never meet, as they sat each side of the fearful water, and the tale and sweet speech sped to and fro betwixt them.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

She sat her by the nut-browne bride, And her een they wer sae clear, Lord Thomas he clean forgat the bride, Whan Fair Annet drew near.

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank

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 Cowper, William

“In the office, we actually get really bummed when we realize we’re having a conversation and we forgot to turn on Granola,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

"They banned bringing them to the stadium and forgot that we carry them in our blood and our hearts."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

We were so excited to assign blame for the Platner fiasco in the first few entries that we forgot to offer anything forward-looking.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2026

“Greg’s dish really looks appetizing,” Mom says, holding a bag of sea-salt Popcorner chips, “but he forgot a basket item!”

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

“Hey, we forgot the most important thing about our birthday!”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

"Left behind are hundreds of political prisoners and an entire people enduring perhaps the worst moment in their history. He has not forgotten this."

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

One card read: 'Forever loved and never forgotten.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Shock guessed they’d smell like forgotten meat in a broken freezer or animal remains on a farm.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

In case you’ve forgotten, mowing the lawn was central to Boehner’s everyman image when he was in office.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

She would have had no way of knowing that it was the code name I had forgotten.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

But queer clubs were never only about forgetting.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

"I have been lucky as a player. I have enjoyed happy moments, today is not such a moment. We must accept it without forgetting everything we experienced."

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Setting and forgetting your student-loan payments could soon give you a big discount.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

Instead of forgetting his sneakers or a racket at home, Klugo might mistakenly leave without his hearing aid’s batteries.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

He’s mad—he must be mad, way I’ve been forgetting all about him, way I haven't been going down to the bayou to look for him, way I’ve been doing nothing but thinking of Sandy.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender




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