overlook
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She says the bonus should be the "cherry on top" and people shouldn't overlook other aspects such as the bank's reputation for service, any overdraft charges and what savings rate it offers.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Along the warm, brackish waters of the Persian Gulf, drilling rigs now overlook old pearling grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Furthermore, if you overlook the two-month recession that occurred at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been a decade since the last major economic downturn.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Forbes was also a public figure in a proposal to redevelop Fisherman’s Wharf, which envisions constructing a public plaza and adding a new overlook and lighting to the wharf’s inner lagoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I tell myself time and again to overlook Mother’s bad example.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Finally, the board compares decentralized networks to eBay but overlooks the Clarity Act’s strict legal decentralization test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Yes, it overlooks a nest of alleyways, and no, management does not like people going up there, and no, I don’t know all my neighbors by name or even sight yet.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Freeholders say this overlooks the long-term oversight and legal accountability they provide, including maintaining buildings and acting as an independent party when disputes arise.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Outside, the home features a glittering lap pool that overlooks the ocean, while hedges that border the 1-acre property help to ensure complete privacy from prying eyes, something that Doherty is said to have prized.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The building overlooks University Avenue, which has lawns and some copper-green statues of men on horses.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Quant funds move fast when momentum turns, pulling cash out of crowded trades like tech and into overlooked ones like healthcare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
At the center of the research are previously overlooked excerpts from a lost papal letter preserved in a medieval collection of canon law in the Vatican.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Yet in their rush to destroy the old guard, Weiss and Ellison have overlooked the fact that they left behind an elite corps of unemployed, highly motivated investigative journalists with nothing left to lose.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
“We want to make sure that communities that have been historically overlooked get the same benefits from the transaction as everyone else,” Goodman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
But Aru was beginning to think that, maybe, being overlooked or considered different wasn’t always a bad thing.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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On a Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned "The Odyssey".
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Members dressed in white could be seen playing croquet on the lawn overlooking Biscayne Bay that day, attendees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Am I overlooking an important factor, or am I simply one of those retirees for whom Roth conversions don’t offer a significant benefit?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Stuart Ross Thomson said he was staying at property overlooking the beach with his family when the "harrowing" incident took place.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
She waited, worried, on the veranda overlooking the street.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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