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forget

[fer-get] / fərˈgɛt /




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Marriage, lest we forget, is a personal, legal and financial contract.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I want to tell their stories so profoundly that no one will ever forget these characters,” she told the Dallas Morning News of her characters in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

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

Despite the hot, angry tears that blur my vision, the truth I’ve been avoiding for so long cuts deep, leaving a scar so I’ll never forget.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

When she forgets that, she added, her team reminds her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Just in case President Trump or anyone else forgets, we've set up this sign to remind them, it's Lake Ontario, now and forever," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

There’s a great accidental gag in a cut bit from the original MTV pilot when a deputy pulls up to arrest Knoxville and forgets to put her car in park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

“He forgets a lot. Like now, he forgets he’s only a young boy.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

I forgat to tell you, that you must lay a Puff-paste at the bottom of the dish, before you put in the bread, and cover it with the same.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Anne MacDonell

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

To you! to you! all song of praise is due: Only for you the heaven forgat all measure.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury

But when Richard Cameron began to speak, I easily forgat everything else.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

From Parish Papers by Norman Macleod

“People’s willingness to listen to scientists was not necessarily coming back after laetrile. And I think regulators and scientists forgot it at their own peril.”

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

She was down to earth, never forgot her roots.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

In a bittersweet essay, Dolores’ daughter Juanita once recalled how her mother forgot to pick her up from junior high school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

It’s possible that they forgot prior generosity and focused on your “sorry, no.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

The moose forgot he was surrounded by growling dogs.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

More than a century later, Willie's letters have inspired an extraordinary act of remembrance by the community - thanks to the efforts of two strangers who refused to let the couple's love story be forgotten.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

But that doesn’t mean they are entirely forgotten.

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 mostly forgotten about the whole thing,” Jonah says.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

"I am slowly forgetting all the tricks," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Americans forgo untold sums of money every year on what some might call a laziness tax, for oversights like failing to refinance their mortgage or incurring a late fee after forgetting to pay a bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The member of the Groundlings main company has made guest appearances throughout the year with the Joes, sometimes catching themselves watching in admiration and forgetting they were in the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

She went on, almost forgetting in her excitement to keep her voice to a whisper, while I slowly took in the fact that she was talking about our guards.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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