neglect
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It claims decades of neglect have left the department understaffed and under-resourced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
A relatively low amount of credit-card debt can be easy to neglect — and I’ve definitely done it myself.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
At Rome's occupied Morgagni high school, where students have barricaded entrances with desks, protesters pointed to the crumbling infrastructure as evidence of neglect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Acton, a pediatrician and former health director under Ohio’s current Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, has spoken openly during her campaign about facing abuse and neglect as a child, while in her mother’s custody.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
And after years of neglect and lack of money for repairs, the house was falling apart.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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Mr. Jensen all too often neglects his big man, but he writes with admirable acuity of the little men and women affected by it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
For example, it neglects to show the good side of social media alongside its dangers, he says, and some details – including the secret emoji codes one character claims children use – ring false.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
The definition neglects to mention the maps, the ones that delineate the return trip to normal or the site of the sunken treasure.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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The powers held by the bad version of Ursula seem to grow the more that Bela feels neglected by real-life Ursula, who works constantly and often gets home late.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Second, professionals should actively protect loose connections, as a network naturally degrades if neglected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Gynecological pain is so often neglected, and it’s a space where even small adjustments can represent an improvement.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
But the reality outside shows how much work remains to bridge the gap between the remarkable things this city builds and the often neglected spaces between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The window frame groaned as Frankie lifted it outward, its hinges ungreased and neglected.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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I spent fruitless hours testing my employer’s patience, neglecting my more immediate work while dredging up zero-retweet Twitter posts from the early 2010s.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
It accused the report of "spreading misinformation" and "neglecting to mention the threat of terrorist attacks".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
On is attempting a more calibrated approach, neither neglecting its shelf space in retail nor wholesaling so many shoes that prices are undermined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“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
It was true of course—I had been neglecting my friends even more than I had been neglecting myself.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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