head in the sand

1. see hide one's head.

Example Sentences

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter that can’t recommend the hottest new trend enough: Putting your head in the sand for a few months.

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At the same time, “it’s not practical to simply bury our head in the sand and say we shouldn’t do this, because AI is everywhere,” he said.

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It’s one thing to be acknowledge a remote possibility, but banking on one — or making it the focus of coverage the same week this anti-democratic scheme is announced — is to bury one’s head in the sand and play make-believe.

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: "Countless pensioners were forced to choose between heating and eating all whilst the government buried its head in the sand for months on end, ignoring those who were really suffering."

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Many will "bury their head in the sand" or not even realise the extent of their problem, while others will feel embarrassed to let people into their homes, Rachel says.

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