disregard
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They claim that his alleged speeding does not meet the legal standard for implied malice, meaning to act with a conscious disregard for human life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
One of the new laws, set to take effect in January, allows the government to disregard some opinions of the attorney general, which are currently binding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The changes also help to assuage potential anxiety operators might have felt about disregarding state and local laws and the lawsuits that result from that disregard for the law.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
"Older rent-stabilized buildings are already struggling under rising operating costs, yet the Board chose to disregard those realities," said James Whelan, president of the Real Estate Board of New York.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
For the first time the Dauntless’s disregard for age does not seem like an opportunity.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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Hims & Hers said the suit disregards evidence it provided the FTC during the investigation and ignores industry standards in telehealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“This is a new phenomenon that disregards the idea that transparency and disclosure are important,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
It focuses tightly on the plain text of a law and disregards legislative history—committee reports, floor debates, and the like—as irrelevant.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2026
Ottawa views China as "an increasingly disruptive global power" that "increasingly disregards" international rules and norms, though it recognises China's size and influence make some cooperation necessary.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Danielle disregards the “Keep Off the Grass!” sign and pulls up a dandelion from the earth.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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“If contracts could be disregarded, market principles ignored, assets taken over and operators forced out at any time, who would have the confidence to invest and seek cooperation?” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Promoters of Graham Platner’s doomed Senate campaign in Maine disregarded that age-old warning, and now they are paying the price.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I am too familiar with the feeling of working and taking on low-wage work while feeling invisible because my voice is disregarded just because of our broken immigration system,” McManus said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Affected students' marks for the exam will be disregarded, with a mark instead being calculated for each student based on their performance in other components in the syllabus.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Ellsberg disregarded that stamp on documents all the time, but in this case, his boss warned, the papers really were off limits.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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The changes also help to assuage potential anxiety operators might have felt about disregarding state and local laws and the lawsuits that result from that disregard for the law.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Charles Rivkin, the chairman and chief executive of the Motion Picture Association, called on ByteDance to "immediately cease its infringing activity," accusing it of disregarding copyright law that protects creators and underpins millions of jobs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Summer Yue, an AI safety researcher at Meta, went viral on X when she posted screenshots showing OpenClaw disregarding her instructions and deleting the contents of her inbox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Barrett, too, sounded skeptical that Clement and Sauer could insist that Congress preserved one historical aspect of elections—requiring ballots on Election Day—while disregarding the rest.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2026
Rahel wondered what he gained by questioning her so closely and then completely disregarding her answers.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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