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In Ohtani, baseball finally has its long-awaited face of the game, and the sport would be negligent to not maximize his stardom, both domestically and abroad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

That would be negligent on the owner’s part.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023

On Tuesday the inquiry heard Scottish ministers were against providing payouts because the NHS had not been found to be negligent or at fault.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2022

"It would be negligent not to take the inflationary development into account," he said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2022

If you have a right to be negligent, every other scholar must have the same right, and the Library would be speedily ruined.

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