How to Use turn a blind eye in a Sentence

turn a blind eye

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• He is loved by his students, and the school turns a blind eye to his side jobs.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2026
• Perel calls on bosses to stop turning a blind eye to these challenges and become part of the change.
  — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 17 July 2026
• His narrow youthfulness was the source of his ability to turn a blind eye to everything.
  — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
• Whether in an urban backyard or on a remote island, cats are unlikely to turn a blind eye to available prey.
  — Christopher A. Lepczyk, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
• Any union that turns a blind eye when their own members commit that same sin is an embarrassment to organized labor.
  — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• Gosha, a local station master, has a side-hustle of his own, turning a blind eye while bootleggers siphon diesel from the tankers that sit idly on the train tracks.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
• The same people who were indignant over Hunter Biden have turned a blind eye to the conflicts of interest rife in this administration.
  — Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
• Addressing the unspoken issues, rather than turning a blind eye, is a surefire way to gain recognition in your organization.
  — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
• Israel’s military operates in all parts of the West Bank, but rights groups have said the military frequently turns a blind eye to settler violence.
  — Ibrahim Hazboun, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
• The former trustee expressed frustrations that other township trustees, along with those at the county and state level, have in her mind turned a blind eye to concerns about Harris’ salary and residency.
  — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
• Pakistan often accuses Kabul of sheltering the TTP and turning a blind eye to cross-border militant attacks.
  — Riaz Khan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
• Netanyahu’s hard-line government has been accused of turning a blind eye to the settler attacks in the West Bank, which many governments around the world consider illegally occupied.
  — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
• The more instructive part, however, is Tony’s time in the chaotic Flagship kitchen, where Chef turns a blind eye to the cocaine and weed circulating but has strict rules about timekeeping and efficiency.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
• While addiction spans every socioeconomic background, these advocates routinely turn a blind eye to the outsized destruction inflicted on vulnerable neighborhoods.
  — Brianne Doura-Schawohl, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
• At a time when autocratic nations use sport as a propaganda tool, and FIFA seemingly turns a blind eye to the human rights records of hosting nations, the fact that democracies tend to prevail on the pitch feels like a victory for free nations.
  — John A. Tures, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
• Iran is likely turning a blind eye to these transits, which in many cases involve tankers ultimately owned by Iranian, Russian, Chinese or Turkish interests, according to Maniatis.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026