bygones
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During Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing into Mullin’s nomination, bygones would not be bygones.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026
"I'm not in Green Bay anymore. I feel like we can let bygones be bygones. Maybe. I can. I guess."
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
So there is something sporting and noble about a fresh start and leaving bygones in the past, as you suggest.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024
That 36 in Adelaide and 78 in Leeds serve to highlight the temperament of players who can let bygones be bygones and remember only the good times.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024
"Your father did not mean to harm. You must pardon him. Always it is better to let bygones be forgotten, no?"
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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