overlook
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Federal Reserve Chair Powell signaled the central bank would likely overlook rising oil prices, stating its policy was “in a good place” to wait.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
In practice, many firms rely on written disclosures, which clients perhaps understandably often overlook.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
But Tuason’s eye for horror framing and ear for chilling sound work make the film’s inane elements easy to overlook — at least for a while.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
L.A. is a city of reinvention, where second chances are a civic sacrament and residents often overlook the flaws of the famous.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
He was almost impossible to overlook, in fact, if only because he was a chatterbox and a prankster and he made himself conspicuous.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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