overlook
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But the growth rate has caught the attention of some investment professionals who worry the attractive yields are causing some to overlook, or otherwise miss, the risks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The review did not overlook the 2023 research.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
They are astonishingly adaptable and, perhaps for exactly that reason, easy to overlook.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Huntsinger hopes audiences won’t overlook Arthur Harari’s “The Unknown,” an uncanny body-swapping drama starring Léa Seydoux that uses its genre premise to explore questions of identity and selfhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Here he was just pouring honor all over her; building a high chair for her to sit in and overlook the world and she here pouting over it!
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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But to do so overlooks the thrilling, genuinely thorny assertions contained in several of the season’s best films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
My errand took me past a railing that overlooks a large canal where wildlife often visits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mao's face is printed on banknotes, his portrait overlooks Tiananmen Square, and his body is preserved in a mausoleum.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The property also boasts 740 square feet of decking—and a large swimming pool that overlooks the ocean.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Hel points to the eastern watchtower, which overlooks the dunes.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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“He was driven to create a space that would showcase the brilliant illustrators that he thought were too often overlooked and ignored,” Hobson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Across town, Independent 20th Century, now being staged in the Breuer Building, highlights overlooked artists from the past century as well as less-studied aspects of well-known creators’ careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
But now she says this important part of her identity is frequently overlooked due to her age.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
New research led by UC Riverside suggests that a simple but overlooked process may help explain the difference: individual pieces of ice repeatedly collide with one another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
It is a source that historians of the steam engine have overlooked because it does not discuss steam engines.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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He hears them when walking through a nearby park overlooking Long Island Sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It seized control of significant new territory across Yemen's south-western coast last week, including areas overlooking the crucial Bab al-Mandab waterway, strengthening its ability to enforce its declared blockade of Saudi shipping.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“When he has his tail up, he’s happy,” Atrakchi said on a recent hike overlooking the reservoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
We arrived at Orikum and sat down for a caffè freddo at a café overlooking the sea.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
The house in Zundert with the attic bedroom and the room overlooking the garden, the garden itself—none of it is theirs anymore.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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