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overlook

[oh-ver-look, oh-ver-look] / ˌoʊ vərˈlʊk, ˈoʊ vərˌlʊk /






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There’s a price to be paid: you lend an ear, you overlook a harsh word and, yes, you ultimately hand over your time.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Working with mouse neurons, they found evidence that a familiar picture of brain cell anatomy may overlook an important feature of the cells' signal-carrying extensions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Still, the market’s negative reaction may overlook some important results, including improving margins and measures of profitability and sales productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

For industry veteran Karen Baker Landers, the decline in local post-production work is impossible to overlook.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

“You continue to overlook a simple fact,” she says.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

A scarecrow overlooks a field of corn at La Huerta de Cantua Creek.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Mao's face is printed on banknotes, his portrait overlooks Tiananmen Square, and his body is preserved in a mausoleum.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

A creaking staircase that overlooks crenellated battlements leads to the Long Gallery, another Anne of Cleves addition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Located in the exclusive Madison Park community, the expansive abode overlooks Lake Washington and sits on a 1.9-acre parcel.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

I walk with her toward the railing that overlooks the chasm, glad to be close to her.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Her installation of aprons, made of silk printed with her photography and archival images, speaks to women’s toil at home and in the workforce—both realms where their efforts historically have been overlooked and underappreciated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But your fear does reveal an often overlooked fact about getting older.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Klopp has never built his success merely on star names - he has always taken a liking to undervalued and overlooked players.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The most likely explanation is that some subtle experimental effect has been overlooked.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

They were on the garden terrace, which was at the top of the great seraph’s breast, stretching from shoulder to shoulder, and overlooked the city all the way to the Cusp.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Elsewhere on the grounds is a separate gym overlooking the swimming pool, as well as a detached guesthouse that can double as an office or creative space.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

There was one thing missing when a wealthy Missouri couple purchased their oceanfront home overlooking Camden Harbor in Maine: the million-dollar view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

He hears them when walking through a nearby park overlooking Long Island Sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from Ma'ale Adumim - an existing Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, overlooking Israel's proposed E1 site.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Around mid-afternoon, they reached a ridge overlooking a broad, wooded valley.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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