fail to recall
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I fail to recall the names of some men I once professed to love, but try as I might, I do not forget those lines.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2018
Studies have shown that a victim of a crime may remember a specific piece of information from the horrid event, such as the attacker's jacket or a strange smell, but fail to recall other details.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 30, 2012
Later Eisman would fail to recall what Wing Chau looked like, what he wore, where he’d come from, or what he ate and drank—everything but the financial idea he represented.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Your truly Spanish beauty could not fail to recall to him his native land, and along with it Marie Heredia, and I can be jealous of the past too.
From Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac
Those who saw her in "The Geisha" cannot fail to recall the fascinating, quizzical squint that was continually getting into the mischievous Mollie's eyes.
From Famous Prima Donnas by Lewis Clinton Strang
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