ignore
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You have a bit of planning to do before deciding to ignore this Roth-conversion window.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Not if you’re a veteran superhero trying to ignore the inference that your time is up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Administration officials say the rotation was prescheduled, but the timing is hard to ignore.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet across the continent, their disappearance is becoming impossible to ignore, as conservationists warn that hunting linked to traditional beliefs and spiritual practices continues to threaten several vulture species to the point of near extinction.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Every instinct is telling me to ignore them, to walk away, to be silent, wait it out.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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While making space for such drivel, the museum ignores huge swaths of American history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Is this a token effort so people don't ask why the list ignores the first century or so of football?
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Adding to the strain: The metric is artificially inflated because it ignores sharp declines in the value of some of the company’s securities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
‘He just ignores us’: My parents put my youngest brother on the title of our family home.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
He ignores me and speaks directly to Mama.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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"It's extraordinary given the scale of Western effort from 2001-2021 how ignored Afghanistan is now," remarks a Western diplomat who recently served as an envoy to the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The crew ignored warnings to turn back, the U.S. military said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
And for every day of the last three months he had ignored it, even as it moved ever closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
"The North often feels it's ignored and I know now is the time to prove the North matters," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Mutti kept trying to stop him from speaking to the airman, but Karli ignored her.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Rather than studiously ignoring the intergalactic warlord, as some may have been tempted to do, Burnham shook him warmly by the hand as he was elected Labour MP for Makerfield.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Others argued that the report seems to cast members of the media as nuisances to be dealt with, while ignoring instances in which journalists were targeted by law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It is assigning no value whatsoever to these environmental benefits, thereby ignoring the very health concerns the agency was created to address.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
They don’t deserve a museum that alternates between ignoring and condemning our extraordinary heritage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
She knocked the coals aside with her bare hands, ignoring the searing pain in her fingers.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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