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Lighthizer said he was at the meeting in question and would have recollected such an exchange, and disputed Bolton's account.

From Fox News • Jun. 17, 2020

I confess that we ought to have recollected that you would require clothing, and that mat-made garments, however suited to the climate, are not so becoming as those you had on board.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The authors of this remark have not fully considered the question, else they must have recollected that the poor of this country have little to do with foreigners or with the citizens of distant states.

From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester

Dunne—My lord, I will tell you, when I have recollected it, if you will give me time till to-morrow morning.

From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir

Otherwise his conscience might have been aroused, and he might have recollected his poor mother lying on a bed of sickness, and his affectionate sister watching for his return.

From Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story by Kingston, William Henry Giles