neglected
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He likens his college, among the smallest in America, to “the Little Engine That Could, carrying the freight of our neglected culture in its few little cars.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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
"I really neglected myself mentally and physically... but I just never really noticed how unhappy I was until I started to make a change."
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
She’s running as a candidate with working-class roots, focused on the farmers and rural communities she argues both political parties have neglected.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
“What do you mean? Who says she neglected us?”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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