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Let bygones be bygones, and give a worthy candidate a long-overdue salute.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2014
Alkaios sings in Greek, "I paid all my dues," concluding: "Let bygones be bygones, let's start over again."
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2010
China and Rio Tinto Let bygones be bygones?
From Economist ● Mar. 19, 2010
When the subject of Iraq came up, Chirac waved his hand and said, "Let bygones be bygones."
From Time Magazine Archive
To hint at an infantile frailty's a scandal; Let bygones be bygones, for somebody knows It was bliss such a Baby to dance and to dandle,— Your cheeks were so dimpled, so rosy your toes.
From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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
In a video, he said the army was ready for negotiations, but "we will not let bygones be bygones."
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023
In a polite world, the trio would have invited her to join their celebration and let bygones be bygones.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2022
And in a potential sign of the Sanders campaign’s willingness to let bygones be bygones, Mr. Shakir said on Wednesday that the January episode with Mr. Biden “didn’t leave any indelible impression.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
They didn’t know how to account for his strange doings but, to their credit, they were willing to let bygones be bygones.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
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