turn a deaf ear
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But whenever I hear it now, I kind of turn a deaf ear to it, if that’s possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
“When I started the environmental education program I thought they were going to turn a deaf ear to us … and at first that happened,” Domínguez said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
"I'm not blind to it. It's not like I turn a deaf ear to all of this," Tagovailoa explained.
From Fox News ● Dec. 6, 2021
But the same media turn a deaf ear to the many articulate voices for justice and accountability that have been rising from all across this fracked nation, in their respective communities.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2018
All this below my itching fingers; and to set this by, turn a deaf ear upon the siren present, and condescend once more, naked, into the ring with fortune—Macaire, how few would do it!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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