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turn a blind eye





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"We cannot ignore or turn a blind eye to the issue of security," she said.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

It’s easy to turn a blind eye when much of the mining and manufacturing takes place in Africa, Asia or South America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

But at the same time, the law can’t allow them to turn a blind eye to their children’s problems.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Ablakwa described the figures as "depressing and frightening," saying Ghana "cannot turn a blind eye to these heartbreaking statistics".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

At sixteen years old, even Durmstrang felt it could no longer turn a blind eye to the twisted experiments of Gellert Grindelwald, and he was expelled.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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