disregard
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“One risk for cybersecurity agents is that they go outside the scope of their assigned task, attempt to exploit unrelated services, or disregard the researcher’s rules of engagement,” OpenAI said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Actual malice is high bar to meet, as it requires proof that the defendant knew the defamatory statement was false or acted with reckless disregard for whether it was true or not.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
In addition, the jury found the two deputies acted with reckless disregard and awarded $10 million in punitive damages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Mathew pointed to the company’s obdurate disregard for punishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In his first encounter with Matulovic, Bobby ignored the Yugoslav’s mischievous disregard of the rules and lost the game.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The platonic love between Helen and Sam—she straight, he gay—is very real and very moving, as long as one disregards the inconvenient fact that they’re all scoundrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Seneca Nation is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” arguing that the move disregards centuries of Indigenous history and the United States’ treaty obligations.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
In Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice is working on a review of the pardons and disregards scheme, with a view to bringing new proposals to the Executive in the next Assembly mandate.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
SSI provides very modest benefits because its asset limits and income disregards have not been updated in decades.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
However, as stories so often show, what elders say youth disregards.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Thirlwall found that if a doctor – named in the report as Dr ZA - had not disregarded the insulin test result for baby F in August 2015 then there should have been safeguarding action.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Advocacy groups and experts say that by erecting turbines without a permit or any public consultation, SpaceXAI has disregarded existing legislation such as the Clean Air Act.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
But the country’s leaders have never been disregarded.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
“If contracts could be disregarded, market principles ignored, assets taken over and operators forced out at any time, who would have the confidence to invest and seek cooperation?” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Little disregarded patches of ground revealed that they had been gardens all along, and nondescript underbrush around the gymnasium and the river broke into color.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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On Friday, Kabila accused President Félix Tshisekedi's government of disregarding proposals he had put forward last year, including some aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DR Congo.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But when when one looks at his record disregarding those two factors, he measures up very well against several HOF pitchers during his long time in the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The changes also help to assuage potential anxiety operators might have felt about disregarding state and local laws and the lawsuits that result from that disregard for the law.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
In April, security forces fired in the air as they entered a Sunni area of Beirut to arrest a generator operator wanted for allegedly disregarding regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“I’ve been waiting for you to come back,” said McLaggen, disregarding Harry’s drawn wand.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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