look the other way
Example Sentences
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For 47 years Americans preferred to look the other way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“I said ‘you’ve got to be strong and look the other way, because these people don’t know who you are’,” Benedict told the outlet, adding: “I didn’t know how bad it had gotten.”
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024
“They kind of treated me as persona non grata. They would look the other way when I would come into the office. It got better eventually.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
"If a university is willing to look the other way and not hold faculty accountable for engaging in academically dishonest behavior, it cheapens its mission and the value of its education," Ms Fox said.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2023
“Odd collection of people. We’d see them in town now and again—the children, sometimes their minder-woman, too—buying milk and medicine and what-have-you. You’d say ‘good morning’ and they’d look the other way.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
