ignorance
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While several panelists continue to plead ignorance as to what, exactly, makes a movie debuting on television a TV movie or not a TV movie, some find titles to champion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
"Prejudice is based on ignorance," Frank told The Boston Globe in 2011, as he prepared for retirement.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
On the hard-news side, she bungled big moments like an interview with Vladimir Putin, who batted away her questions about 2016 election meddling with an exasperated performance of ignorance.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
The preacher pleaded ignorance, but Pyongyang was a familiar place for the Graham family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
These moments of fear and darkness, he said to himself, were the shadows merely of his ignorance.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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