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forget

[fer-get] / fərˈgɛt /




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"It's the idea that you're having the worst time of your life, but your friends are saying, 'No, you're coming out, you're going to dance and forget about it for a second.'"

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

If your summer could use a little energy boost, forget the complicated smoothie — turn to one of these fresh book releases instead.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

And let’s not forget the influencers who flood our social-media feeds with tantalizing sign-up bonuses that will, they suggest in breathless posts, turn you into a jet-setter like them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

"And just like with any miracle... you just can't forget about it, because it's simply impossible to forget," he added, gazing up at the Virgin.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Didn’t want to make the words real by hearing myself say them out loud: scared that if I pretended to forget who we were, it would mean accepting that the past was truly dead.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

We need to restore that belief, before the generation we indulged forgets it forever.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

The sea is sometimes so tranquil that Captain Hassan Khan forgets his ship has been stuck in the middle of a war zone for three months.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

If she forgets to take her seizure medication, Ponce said, she can have several episodes a day.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

He forgets to remove his mask when he leaves, and when he finds it discarded in his town house the next day, he cannot remember where it came from.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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 Cowper, William

Kate forgat her leg, and Jack his mowes, and all we, stag and hunters alike, ran to the gallery window for to gaze.

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

Your pardon, Dame; I forgat for the nonce that I spake to his daughter.

From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

She well-nigh forgat that God might have some better thing in store for her, to the which He was leading her all the time, along this weary road.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

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 Morris, May

Marine Corps officer from Dayton, Ohio, who had bought three tickets on a whim and promptly forgot about them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

"They banned bringing them to the stadium and forgot that we carry them in our blood and our hearts."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

We were so excited to assign blame for the Platner fiasco in the first few entries that we forgot to offer anything forward-looking.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2026

“They forgot they had a home,” says Nonie.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

And to look at it yet another way, he and I have had infinite conversations, all in my brain, from the moment I forgot the code.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The one-act play reimagines the forgotten life of Mrs. Lincoln with absurdist comedy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Tracy asked for recommendations for private care companies on Facebook and Harris - a former neighbour she had known for years - replied saying: "Have you forgotten about me? I'm a carer."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

In imagining her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfigured by long forgotten yearnings and powerfully altered understandings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

In our timeline, it got some pickup last week, but it’s already been largely forgotten.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

So much had happened to him, he had been so afraid on this journey, that for a while he had actually forgotten his greatest fear.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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

Setting and forgetting your student-loan payments could soon give you a big discount.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

“Your brain starts forgetting if it’s part of the score or if it’s actually happening in the reality of the show,” Romer says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

But there is no forgetting the star of the show.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

This made it difficult to read her own writing, and thus she kept forgetting to carry the ones.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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