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negligently



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The owner of the Newcastle wholesale business said they "strongly reject any suggestion that we have knowingly or negligently enabled criminal activity" and promised to co-operate fully with authorities.

From BBC May 18, 2026

After he returned home to South Carolina, Hencely sued Fluor Corp. for negligently failing to supervise Nayeb.

From Slate Apr. 22, 2026

Jurors were charged with determining whether the companies acted negligently in designing their products and failed to warn her of the dangers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

That indicated enough jurors agreed that one or both of the tech platforms was negligently or harmfully designed and users should have been warned, according to verdict forms.

From Barron's Mar. 23, 2026

As she answered his questions, the “small, magnetic … negligently dressed” former celebrity paced the room, buried her face in her hands, and played “fitful floods of wild and incoherent melody” on a piano.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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