look the other way
Example Sentences
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That the clerics chose to look the other way and install Khamenei’s son suggests two things, analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Fans are questioning whether the official site had taken adequate steps to prevent this, or whether it chose to look the other way.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024
“What is undeniable — for those who don’t look the other way — is that it has repeatedly violated those standards over the last 7 months.”
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2024
“They kind of treated me as persona non grata. They would look the other way when I would come into the office. It got better eventually.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
"We tend to look the other way when it's in a residential neighborhood. But right here, on the town green, we have to enforce the law. Otherwise we'd have someone selling something every two feet."
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
