forget
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Oh, and don’t forget the mistaken lament of Justice Elena Kagan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
"Of course the Sanchez years, travelled all over the world with him, been in some classic messes with him in the past partying. Now he's gone but I'll never forget him."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Mr. Ippolito, who played Al Pacino in the miniseries “The Offer” in 2022, is so beguiling as Stallone that after a few scenes you just forget that this is a performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
"But on the other hand, please, don't forget that this is being done for the citizens of Ukraine."
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Had it not been for the ever more distant thunder of Russian guns we might almost have been able to forget that there was a war going on at all.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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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
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
Olympic hockey team’s win over the Soviets in 1980—is a triumph tattooed on the national memory, though the memory frequently forgets that the game wasn’t shown until three hours after the puck dropped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
I remember thinking, Who forgets to put on underwear when it’s twenty degrees outside?
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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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
"And ye hev forgat yer sacred office to call me nicknames," answered Matthew, nothing abashed.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Sir Hall Caine
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 John Castillo
Joseph made a touching appeal to the Chief Butler: “yet did not the Chief Butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
While nights at Deildar-Tongue were long, They clean forgat the Brothers'-Tongue.
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
If you forgot the hard copies, you can find the code online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The county - which includes the Blue Mountains and Owen Sound - is a popular tourist destination, which means someone may have bought the ticket and forgot to check it after coming home.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
It’s possible that they forgot prior generosity and focused on your “sorry, no.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
In preparing for the premiere of “860,” which runs until Jan. 3, Crystal recalled a brief moment where he forgot Reiner was gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Your class is right down the hall. I forgot my notes. Is everything okay?”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Not through blood or family ties, but through an act of remembrance initiated by two strangers, who refused to let their story be forgotten.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
“The Devils,” directed by Ken Russell, was pilloried, censured and quickly forgotten after its release in 1971.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
I sat with her during her final two weeks, and I don’t think he’s forgotten that.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Her athleticism has been helpful to three JSerra sports teams and won’t be forgotten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
I’d conveniently forgotten what I’d said to her back on the dock.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Meanwhile, the misgivings that both Padam Singh and Heera Devi say they initially had about stepping in front of the camera and forgetting their lines are gone now.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
—Southwest pilot and pilot podcast host Max Palmer, on wealthy pilots who splurge on boats, cars and planes, forgetting about past layoffs and industry crises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“You are forgetting already. You’re forgetting your own family. And your history. These are the poets you should be reading in school.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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