neglect
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Let’s also not forget that detention centers run by the Department of Homeland Security are cesspools for medical neglect and disease, including measles, mumps and hepatitis A outbreaks.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
Another medical investigation has uncovered yet more worrying signs of neglect in America’s nursing homes.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
The U.S., he argues, ceded too much domestic manufacturing capacity over decades, often through a combination of regulatory burden, inertia and strategic neglect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"Health visitors in the community are vital in supporting families with health needs, identifying abuse and neglect, supporting with maternal mental health," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Where there should have been an army of carpenters, masons, glaziers, plasterers, and painters, I saw only empty shells of buildings, already falling into disrepair after a few weeks of neglect.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing neglect
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Excerpt from "The Declaration of Independence"
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