ignore
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For now, she said, the train whistle at night is hard to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Justin's first instinct was to burn them, but we couldn't ignore this original source material. Although we left it unopened for six months or more."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
But this explanation has a glaring problem: The pattern is impossible to ignore.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
But since becoming prime minister a month ago, Burnham has said Britain "can't ignore" its oil and gas reserves.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Come on, I’ve got a first aid kit in the theater,” she said, doing her best to ignore her roaring hunger.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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But plans to reconnect South Korea's northernmost station to the rail network come at an awkward moment, as Pyongyang ignores Seoul's overtures while the South's old ally Washington pursues its own talks with Pyongyang.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
More importantly, that thinking ignores the trauma the investigations themselves inflict.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Is this a token effort so people don't ask why the list ignores the first century or so of football?
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The comparison also ignores taxes and assumes you reinvested all dividends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Kinko ignores her and everyone else at his table.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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In California, Prince Harry could be treated as a faraway problem and was largely ignored by palace courtiers, who routinely refused to comment on the verbal grenades launched by the man fifth-in-line for the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Every user I knew complained it was inconsistent, illogical, cluttered, had clunky navigation and ignored accessibility standards.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
She thinks they are being ignored "both in research and in general awareness".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“What can’t be ignored is the move in oil,” said Mike Lorizio, head of U.S. rates and mortgage trading at Manulife Investment Management.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
But I ignored my own pain and forced myself to smile at the children.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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He attended the elite boarding school Eton, later revealing his hurt over William allegedly ignoring him while also there.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The admin emails to which Microsoft sent those notifications tend to get slammed with junk from spammers, leading software developers to recommend ignoring those inboxes altogether.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s time investors stop ignoring certain nontech industries, especially those that stand to benefit for years from the build-out of infrastructure to support generative artificial intelligence, one fund manager said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Others argued that the report seems to cast members of the media as nuisances to be dealt with, while ignoring instances in which journalists were targeted by law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
I nod, ignoring the lump in my throat.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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