become lost

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Sai Satyadeva, Torridon primary school's inclusion leader, said it was easy for children to become "lost or labelled" in secondary school and then disengage.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

This year, “Coyote vs. Acme” was shelved and seems destined to become lost media, buried before even being given a chance for audiences to see it.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

“There’s a risk with any estate for books to become lost in time,” Alexander Greene said on a video call from Switzerland.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

"Even though the artificially-saturated colour was known at the time amongst planetary scientists -- and the images were released with captions explaining it -- that distinction had become lost over time."

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

He had become lost in the shuffle, an afterthought, but I couldn’t tell him that.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals