forewent

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While Hopkins and many of her generation forewent having children, she notes that women today show up for job interviews pregnant, take family leave and still get tenure.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

But the Seahawks felt confident enough in Eskridge that they forewent their usual strategy of trading down for more picks.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2021

Because of social distancing, the family forewent the normal rituals of grieving, including the Jewish tradition of sitting shiva.

From New York Times • May 4, 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

He did her bidding and forewent her, as he were a Houri faring abroad from Paradise.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir