ignoring
Example Sentences
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"And they just tried to silence him by ignoring him," he said.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Thus, governments oscillate between ignoring developments that are moving too fast to process and aggressively intervening when scary risks appear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Trump has not mentioned the sensitive issue of Taiwan since arriving in Beijing on Wednesday evening, ignoring multiple questions from reporters on the subject following his talks with Xi.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Sometimes, the letter writer may be asking the wrong question about the right problem, or they could be ignoring the elephant in the room.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
He believed in ignoring unpleasant facts, in hopes that they’d go away.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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