let slide
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Tough where her husband is soft, jaded where he is open-minded, Zoë initially thinks Sarah‘s case is a waste of time — she wants Joe to focus on collecting all the fees he has let slide instead of haring off to aid another “damsel in distress.”
From Los Angeles Times
There was just nothing he was going to let slide by where we would leave a doubt that we were going to find a way to win.
From Seattle Times
Gonzaga’s promising first half gave way to a second half filled with costly turnovers and non-stop misfires from behind the three-point arc — miscues that good opponents aren’t about to let slide.
From Seattle Times
Steph Catley, deputizing for Kerr as Matildas captain, summed up the loss to Nigeria succinctly: “This was a massive opportunity for us that we’ve obviously let slide.”
From Seattle Times
Landsberg is part of the National Distracted Driving Coalition, a group formed in 2021 that’s redoubling effort to try to fix the data problem to help persuade cellphone makers, motor vehicle manufacturers, software companies, lawmakers and distracted drivers themselves that the problem constitutes a public health crisis that all parties have let slide.
From Los Angeles Times
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