neglect
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Asked about the Post's reporting, the Kennedy Center declined to comment and referred AFP to a recent statement from spokesperson Roma Daravi blaming "decades of neglect and deferred maintenance by the previous leadership."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Now we have a drought, and you have to have water rationing. It’s something that is reflective of a bigger problem in the island: the neglect of the most important needs of the citizens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
If I neglect it for six months, it will not announce that it misses me.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Claims of abuse and neglect have consistently broken down under investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Let me show you. Did John ever neglect you, as you call it, while you made it a point to give him your society of an evening, his only leisure time?”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
His Holiness also neglects St. Augustine’s definition in “The City of God” that peace is “the tranquility of order,” not just the absence of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
To opponents of the forthcoming regulation, including many still inside the Social Security Administration, Warshawsky and Vought’s conception of the modern economy neglects the fact that workers like Tincher grew up in a different world.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
The recent sharp selloff in Zions Bancorp’s stock already more than captures any credit risk associated with loan losses, but it neglects the overall quality of the bank’s financials, an analyst said Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
Most-shared wellness tip: Matt has a high-end doctor who comes in and does blood work and tells him what he should be doing to be healthier, and then he just neglects everything he heard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
The definition neglects to mention the maps, the ones that delineate the return trip to normal or the site of the sunken treasure.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
“The city’s neglected this for decades,” Taylor said, calling it “unprecedented” how close the tide is to the peninsula’s boardwalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He never felt at home anywhere and was sometimes hungry and neglected.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Thus banking fundamentals are neglected while resources and bandwidth are absorbed by these new and extensive compliance requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Snakebite is considered one of the world's most neglected tropical diseases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
I repeat, before realizing I neglected to add Lisa to my question.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Europeans, who have warned the rest of the world for decades about climate change while neglecting to install air-conditioning in much of the Continent, baked all summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“What if you considered this other perspective?” most of them ask, neglecting to realize that most people won’t be inclined to think harder unless they’re presented with more than a suggestion.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
On Tuesday, Israel's state comptroller released a scathing report accusing successive governments of neglecting domestic weapons production and failing to maintain critical raw material reserves.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
My deeper concern is that Patricia, now 39, may be neglecting her own future while trying to plan for everyone else’s.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
Sensible mathematics involves neglecting a quantity when it is small—not neglecting it because it is infinitely great and you do not want it!
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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