head in the sand
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They could be "burying their head in the sand" or making a deliberate decision to "take the risk of… fines, confiscation of the property", Mr Barnett told the BBC.
From BBC
My sister and I are in sibling therapy to work through this and other issues; my mother continues to stick her head in the sand, and I am fairly distant from her as well.
From Washington Post
“This is not an issue that’s going away for our party in a post-Dobbs world, and we can’t put our head in the sand and think it’s going to heading into 2024,” she said Wednesday on Fox News.
From Washington Post
Still, McNutt said, the public should find the report “at least partially reassuring that this isn’t high school or elementary school shootings in terms of sticking your head in the sand and ignoring the problem.”
From Seattle Times
“Burying your head in the sand and hoping the carnage stops isn’t going to work.”
From New York Times
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