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Example Sentences

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At this point, investors are hoping for the best and trying to ignore all the ongoing uncertainties about the war even as the S&P 500 wrapped up its worst quarter since 2022 on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But the mystery proved too compelling to ignore.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

I finally looked up the species: It was a gallinazo, also known as a black vulture, and as much as we might ignore them, they’d been circling the whole time.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Lloyd took the most valuable shot in basketball, the one that his peers spend their entire lives obsessing over—and decided to ignore it completely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

They go out of their way to compliment my perfectly arched eyebrows, but they completely ignore the mustache that I’m starting to grow.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer