ignore
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Still, heating-oil prices near record highs are hard to ignore.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
They are classified as financing activities, so traditional free-cash-flow metrics ignore them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
For onlookers, it's harder to ignore the wider picture at Xbox.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
They pull them out when it’s useful and get them to the right result, and they ignore them when they’re not useful and don’t get them to the right result.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
I decide to ignore my brother and instead see how much trouble I’m in.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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“It ignores or virtually ignores most of the major events in American history,” he wrote.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
The guy then ignores said friend—only to learn that those crypto holdings are going to the moon while his own investments are going nowhere.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
In a statement shared with US media, lawyers for Black called the House move an "outrageous action that ignores the facts and the truth about Mr. Black".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Every year, I stage a quiet tantrum for AC/DC and the NFL ignores me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
I flash him a look; he ignores me.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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In many materials used in modern electronics, including semiconductors such as silicon, interactions among electrons are weak enough that they can often be ignored when describing the material's overall behavior.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
This was ignored, then overtake mode was reactivated before being disabled again, on the basis that it was fairer to do so than leave it enabled.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Largely because Angels scouting director Bob Fontaine Jr. ignored the potential limitations that others fixated on when evaluating Abbott.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
While that pattern, with the inviting name of “golden cross,” isn’t necessarily meant to time market purchases, history suggests that, at the very least, it shouldn’t be ignored.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Renn ignored him, and got unaided to her feet.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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“We are not ignoring a very important segment of the audience, which is the Latino population who have always, in my experience, shown an interest in creators from Mexico or from Latin America,” Macias says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
As difficult and exhausting as mourning rituals can be, they create a structure that prevents us from ignoring grief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The AI agents decided that ignoring the limits on what should be done to achieve their goal was the best course of action.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Death is uncomfortable to plan for, but ignoring it doesn’t make it cheaper.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Headmaster stalked over and grabbed Neel’s shoulder with an iron grip, ignoring the two other boys.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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