bygones
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"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
In a video, he said the army was ready for negotiations, but "we will not let bygones be bygones."
From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023
But he did encourage Diaz to "let bygones be bygones".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2022
Zimbabwe had signed a peace treaty with them years before, but it seemed no one could let bygones be bygones.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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