neglect
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Medicaid Fraud Control Units were principally responsible for investigating providers, while also prosecuting the abuse and neglect of patients whose care was billed to Medicaid.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Victor Hugo once remarked that history must neglect many particulars of the past, or else “the infinity would overwhelm it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Saint Simeon monastery itself was subjected to "looting, illegal excavation, military use and neglect", according to site director Abdel Jalil Arabi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Assembly Bill 2344 would help protect animals from continued abuse and neglect before more harm is done,” L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Jam had started with a pamphlet about parental neglect, and a slow sadness spread through her as she sat flipping through the pages, past the pictures of sad-eyed children and cold grown-ups.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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Mr. Jensen all too often neglects his big man, but he writes with admirable acuity of the little men and women affected by it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
To opponents of the forthcoming regulation, including many still inside the Social Security Administration, Warshawsky and Vought’s conception of the modern economy neglects the fact that workers like Tincher grew up in a different world.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
The recent sharp selloff in Zions Bancorp’s stock already more than captures any credit risk associated with loan losses, but it neglects the overall quality of the bank’s financials, an analyst said Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
For example, it neglects to show the good side of social media alongside its dangers, he says, and some details – including the secret emoji codes one character claims children use – ring false.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
If one neglects gravitational effects, as Einstein and Poincare did in 1905, one has what is called the special theory of relativity.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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In its statement, DHS denied HSI has neglected its core mission, saying the agency has increased its efforts to combat criminal cartels, gangs and drug traffickers in response to multiple Trump executive orders.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Prof Licence shows what can be achieved when neglected sources are expertly brought out of the shadows," he added.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Moroccan security forces were assigned to other duties and neglected border control, according to the senior Spanish security official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Yet it is also the one India's cities have neglected most consistently.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The museum was a dusty, moldy, underfunded, neglected mess.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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“What if you considered this other perspective?” most of them ask, neglecting to realize that most people won’t be inclined to think harder unless they’re presented with more than a suggestion.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
My deeper concern is that Patricia, now 39, may be neglecting her own future while trying to plan for everyone else’s.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
The hosts were not neglecting their defensive work, typified by a thunderous James Botham tackle.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
These include neglecting company culture and falling in love with cool solutions to problems that might or might not exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
But then, a cell phone would probably be yet another reason for Mr. Moore to accuse Mamá of neglecting her work.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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