neglect
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AUTOR: I agree with Martha about the underappreciated value of human creativity, but I think too much emphasis on these examples leads us to neglect the real risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
This is not neglect, but rather a choice the majority of people make for active management, because they don’t want to pay constant attention to their portfolios.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
As families demand answers for failures in maternity services, Panorama investigates how systemic neglect, inadequate staffing and a reluctance to learn from mistakes have led to heartbreak.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
But you’ve never heard of this depression because neglect cured it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Three years later, after many attempts to remove him from the police department failed, Parker was finally removed for “gross neglect of duty.”
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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His Holiness also neglects St. Augustine’s definition in “The City of God” that peace is “the tranquility of order,” not just the absence of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
To opponents of the forthcoming regulation, including many still inside the Social Security Administration, Warshawsky and Vought’s conception of the modern economy neglects the fact that workers like Tincher grew up in a different world.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
The recent sharp selloff in Zions Bancorp’s stock already more than captures any credit risk associated with loan losses, but it neglects the overall quality of the bank’s financials, an analyst said Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
Most-shared wellness tip: Matt has a high-end doctor who comes in and does blood work and tells him what he should be doing to be healthier, and then he just neglects everything he heard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
If one neglects gravitational effects, as Einstein and Poincare did in 1905, one has what is called the special theory of relativity.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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They replaced some of the “chintzy” decor with a more monochrome color scheme, put up Stewart’s extensive collection of photographs and restored the neglected 5.5-acre garden, keeping to Lord Snowdon’s original plans, Walsh said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
A California state bill seeks to remove abused and neglected animals from crowded municipal shelters during their owners’ criminal cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
As for Fama, I realized I had neglected, dang, to ask him about SpaceX.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
They argued that the charges had not been proven and no expert opinion had been provided as evidence that the boy had been neglected.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
However, he’d neglected to take his son’s curiosity into account.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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“What if you considered this other perspective?” most of them ask, neglecting to realize that most people won’t be inclined to think harder unless they’re presented with more than a suggestion.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
If you’ve been neglecting paying down this bill, lenders might be hesitant to offer you a loan or more likely to charge you a higher interest rate.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026
In the UK causing unnecessary suffering to an animal or neglecting its welfare is a criminal offence.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Tonight, I think it’s pretty clear that Chuck is neglecting both the resort and the community,” he said, as snow fell outside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Tycho also quarrelled with some of his tenants on the mainland and got into trouble with the ruling Council for neglecting the maintenance of a chapel that formed part of his estates.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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