neglect
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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
Alysha said it is "shameful that people are being paid so much money. There's a lot of people who are vulnerable and in need. I'm going to class it as neglect."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The feel of neglect is somehow truer to the spirit of Sing Sing.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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His Holiness also neglects St. Augustine’s definition in “The City of God” that peace is “the tranquility of order,” not just the absence of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 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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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
Its neglected husk is a missed opportunity: Why echo Gehry from across the street when you could engage the work already there?
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Except...it occurred to him that they’d been so focused on finding May’s grandmother, they’d neglected to think about who they’d have to face to rescue her.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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It’s Brooke’s vulnerability that gives the play its emotional ballast, and Ms. Rabe brings out the character’s pathos without neglecting the barbed tongue she inherited from her mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
“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
The most important reason why you lose it is by neglecting this art, while the way to acquire it is to be well versed in this art.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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