ignorance
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"Treating life that way is ignorance and there was never any apology," Jung says.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Another Kushner faux pas, this one perhaps reflecting his ignorance of European history: “There is no such thing in the world as forever enemies or forever allies.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
But the willful ignorance so many school administrators exhibit when confronted with evidence of harm leaves me skeptical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
And it will create what she called ‘sanctioned ignorance.’
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
He was in Ben’s history class where he distinguished himself daily with a titanic ignorance of American history.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Graduation Gems, 2016
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