look the other way
Example Sentences
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Some businesses didn’t allow underage workers, they said, while others look the other way and don’t inquire about ages.
From Los Angeles Times
People, basically out of fear, look the other way, trying to suppress things they see, and forget.
From Los Angeles Times
“They’re paying me enough money to look the other way. Do you understand? Look the other way,” he said on his podcast.
From Salon
“These songs arrived, and I couldn’t look the other way. It was an instinct that was stronger than me, a now-or-never moment,” says Del Real.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s how I spent my summer vacation, failing miserably in my attempt to look the other way.
From Los Angeles Times
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