overlook
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Many species rely on information gathered through multiple senses, suggesting that scientists may overlook important forms of communication if they focus only on what animals can see.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, look at what makes SpaceX’s massive IPO so strange and why investors are willing to overlook things like Musk’s obsession with going to Mars.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026
While investors currently appear concerned about the combination of high fuel prices and continued capacity growth, they overlook the relationship between fuel costs, industry capacity and fares, Bernstein adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, global policy initiatives on aging like the United Nations’ Decade of Healthy Ageing overlook menopause entirely.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026
What everyone seemed to overlook was that at the board Bobby feared no one.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing overlook
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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Vocabulary from the Lyrics of Pete Seeger
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"Why Women Should Vote" by Jane Addams (1910)
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