as in to ignore
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What can also be said with certainty, however, is that — even ignoring, for one moment, the events that brought him to Chelmsford crown court in Essex, east of London — this is a story of what might have been.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 June 2025 -
Public health is too important to rely on speculation and too important to ignore when the data speaks for itself.—
Olga Bolden-Tiller,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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The Edgar County Watchdogs Inc. sued the Village of Dolton and the former mayor for failing to produce financial records after the administration allegedly disregarded Freedom of Information Act requests earlier this year.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2025
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Advancing American Freedom, the advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, is circulating a memo telling Congress to disregard the CBO’s deficit projections.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
3 June 2025
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A week after Trump’s announcement, representatives from the Hollywood unions and major studios signed a letter endorsing the federal incentive but omitting any mention of a tariff.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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But, of course, the thing that Naftali Bennett omitted from his discussion with Zelensky was, first of all, Israel is not surrounded by enemies that are as powerful as Russia.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
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For one, no studio wants to release its film too early, only to be forgotten when another major contender comes along.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Demings will likely never forget that night, nor the weeks and months that followed.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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Despite Meg’s efforts to connect, Ellen (Kyra Sedgwick) repeatedly slights her future daughter-in-law.—
Natalia Winkelman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Aware of the ongoing discourse around Joey Bada$$’s comments—which some took as slighting the West Coast’s current success—Soul stepped up with a diplomatic but direct verse.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
14 May 2025
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Both have been neglected for years: Bridges are crumbling, school buildings disintegrating, and trains — once a symbol of German efficiency — are now so unreliable that some lines are banned from neighboring Switzerland’s railways.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
4 June 2025
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It has been neglected, with much deferred maintenance.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
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La Perla has failed to relaunch in recent years and after German businessman Lars Windhorst’s private equity firm Tennor, then known as Sapinda, took over the company in 2018.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 June 2025
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Leaders would be wise to not make overly risky decisions that will fail during an inevitable pull back in btc price.—
Alexander S. Blume,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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“Pretermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretermit. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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