forget
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"But this is to forget that the second goal was just spectacular - almost unbelievable."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Reliever Alex Vesia threw a scoreless ninth inning for his fifth consecutive scoreless outing to cap a night the Dodgers probably would like to forget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Rates have seemed higher, but people forget how high they were,” said Brennan O’Connell, director of data solutions at Optimal Blue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
France are favourites to win the World Cup, but these sides would definitely believe they could be beaten – and let's not forget this tournament has already proved there are no foregone conclusions.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
I couldn’t expect him to just forget what had happened with the Blythes.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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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 forget about my age constantly because I think everyone forgets about their age,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
But when the games matter most, the unstoppable offensive machine who revolutionized the sport somehow forgets how to score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
She said a big brother has to know how to change diapers in case his mom forgets.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Your pardon, Dame; I forgat for the nonce that I spake to his daughter.
From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
I maist forgat my dedication; But when divinity comes cross me My readers still are sure to lose me.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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 Lewin, M.
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
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 Castillo, John
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
“They forgot they had a home,” says Nonie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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
"It's amazing. I'm living like a normal person, I'm literally saying yes to anything. I sort of forgot that you could feel this good," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Fin-Kedinn tossed over a horn spoon, and for a while Torak forgot about everything as he dug in hungrily.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Before it went public last week, Bending Spoons spent the past few years scooping up the old companies behind forgotten software that millions of people still use every day, like AOL, Evernote and Vimeo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"There is a space in this world that was uniquely his, one that can never be filled by anyone else. His warmth, his spirit, and the happiness he brought to others will never be forgotten."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The study, “Decomposing momentum: The forgotten component,” was conducted by three researchers at Germany’s University of Münster: Pascal Büsing, Hannes Mohrschladt and Susanne Siedhoff.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
We wanted to talk about our rivalry, which has been kind of forgotten in modern time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
My butterflies take their seats, their symphony forgotten.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“When Bobby called asking me to play bass with the Wolf Bros, I thought at the very least, this is going to be a master class in losing self-consciousness and forgetting about fear,” Was said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
"At times, especially in the first set, it looked like she wanted it so bad that she was almost forgetting to release into the shot."
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Setting and forgetting your student-loan payments could soon give you a big discount.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
While on a trip to Wisconsin, the president met Olympic speed skating champion Jordan Stolz, after which Trump lamented forgetting to touch his leg.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“How is he?” she asked, forgetting we thirsted for news.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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