as in to pass over
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After being passed over twice in the draft before the Lightning selected him 108th overall, Rautiainen won Liiga’s Golden Helmet award, going to the league’s MVP and voted on by his peers.—
Eduardo Encina,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026 -
Six months later, they're passed over.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Washington continued to ignore them in the recent campaign.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Even the wokest of the wokes are ignoring poor Megan.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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He’s further slighted after the Emperor commissions him to remake one of his old operas so audiences might remember the country’s past successes.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Deborah also slighted Kelly’s talk show.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Oh, and who could forget how the monstrosity known as Doomsday is turned into a Jekyll and Hyde paramedic named Davis Bloome (Sam Witwer), while Zod (Callum Blue) borrows a page out of Captain Howdy's playbook by possessing Lex's body.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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In any event, he’s been forgotten.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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America is offhandedly disregarding science.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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State regulators got the authority to reject transactions or to add conditions and levy fines if companies disregarded them.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
14 May 2026
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When Djena neglected to do a chore, Denise would use a belt or a power cord to whip Djena, leaving her covered in bruises.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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What this narrative neglects are all the ways treatment might cause terrible side effects, or the long period one spends being sick, and how one’s identity may have changed in the interim.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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“Default (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/default%20%28on%29. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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