Example Sentences

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It alleged that the city and county were neglecting their duty to get homeless people off the streets.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

That means while they were taking care of others, they were neglecting themselves.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022

The thing is that this statistical analysis wasn’t built around valuing walks qua walks, but rather advocating that teams with smaller budgets could be competitive by building around undervalued assets that bigger franchises were neglecting.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2015

Also in the summer transfer window, United sold Manchester-born striker Danny Welbeck, who had progressed through the youth ranks, to Arsenal for £16m, leading to criticism the club were neglecting their youth policy.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2014

"So then you were neglecting your duty and knew that you were?"

From Mitch Miller by Sloan, John