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Example Sentences

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Hawking could intuit the mathematics that describes the fabric of spacetime, but in that earlier book he sometimes forgot that the rest of us could not do the same, and meandered into distracting mathematical discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Done poorly, they could trigger stealth taxes, surtaxes, lost deductions and Medicare penalties that show up years later, like a bar tab you forgot about.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

He denied deliberately retaining images on his device, saying he forgot that they were there.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

I’m proud that I never gave up, never quit and never forgot the promise I made to those women.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

I’d been so concerned with getting the spinning done in time that I forgot to ask.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff