forewent

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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

“Watchmen’s” Damon Lindelof, who won along with Cord Jefferson for writing for a limited series, also forewent the traditional award night tuxedo for a “Remember Tulsa ‘21” T-shirt and blazer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2020

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

And thus the javelin's fault the hero tells, “Since joys supreme my sorrows first forewent, “Let me, O, Phocus! first those joys recount.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.