ignorance
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It’s easy for casual scrollers to live in ignorance, but there remain many factors behind what really, viscerally appeals to the masses at any given moment.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
Asked about the deaths, the Mexican president expressed ignorance of the cooperation between these CIA officers and local Chihuahuan authorities and indignation that American forces would operate on Mexican soil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
“Why now?” is just a more palatable version of “lying slut,” a question based on ignorance about how trauma — and society — works.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Crowds took to the capital's streets from 13:00 GMT on Saturday, with placards displaying messages including "fight ignorance not immigrants" and "reject racist lies" visible.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
“But we don’t know the song of the cave,” I said, looking around at my sisters for confirmation of our ignorance.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing ignorance
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Graduation Gems, 2016
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