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forget

[fer-get] / fərˈgɛt /




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Even though Sally cast a spell that made her children forget their powers, now that they’re growing up, they can’t escape that darned curse.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Let's not forget Donnarumma's late save because it was a brilliant stop, but Maresca's men were comfortable most of the time.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Metaphorically alluding to the satirical newspaper “The Onion,” the narrator says that to pull off this operation, the team had to stick together like layers of an onion: “Never forget, onion is strength.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

I will never forget the confusion, and then the sheer terror, of that day.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Here, for the first time, we could forget for a few moments everything that had happened.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"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

"The system forgets you; that is the beauty of it," says Anadol.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

“Even I almost forgot, just then. But Mother never forgets … and yet, you did.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The words of the good father ended, new ioy surprised the heart of Iulietta, who was so attentiue to his talke as she forgat no one poynct of hir lesson.

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter

That concourse thrilled for joy: Alone that seven years' child retained the word: The rest forgat it.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere

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 May Morris

"And I visit upon her the days of the Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, and put on her ring and her ornament, and went after her lovers, and forgat Me, saith the Lord."

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

Truly, I forgat the same at that time; and now I have not the money to mine hand.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin

The thermostat had been set to 71 degrees Fahrenheit and a worker forgot to turn off the air-conditioning.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

He noted that while her star grew, she "never forgot where she came from" and always gave back through her philanthropic efforts.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Matthew Rhys: I forgot about the executive producer part.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

This is my way of telling you I forgot to wear a collared shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

When I saw my little sister kneeling in the center of that snow-white circle, and that old crutch laying on the ground beside her, I forgot about ponies and .22s.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The impoverished country has long been at war in a forgotten corner of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

At one point, I realized I had forgotten to put water in said steamer — which is, you know, a steamer’s whole deal.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

I love taking something that’s been neglected and restoring it and then using it so it’s not just forgotten.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Gasly is well liked within the paddock, and has many friends among the drivers, but he has long been one of F1's forgotten heroes, regardless of that win six years ago.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

He lifted his hand to show her the bowls but then realized he had forgotten them.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The results can be found today in professional locker rooms around the country, today’s stars never forgetting the 5-foot-4 bulldog who gave them their first headline.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Congress shouldn’t honor the first Roosevelt lesson by forgetting the second.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The family started noticing Stiles was forgetting things and asking the same question several times in his late 50s and early 60s.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

But giving this absolute unit a wide berth has become more challenging as his viral fame grows, because humans keep crowding Neil, getting dangerously close and perhaps forgetting that he is a wild animal.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

Some large creature had been on the island, perhaps picnicking, and had gone away forgetting the book and the watch.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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