slurred (over)

verb

past tense of slur (over)
as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to a documentary that slurs over certain important facts as it offers a very biased case for a conspiracy theory

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  1. ignored
  2. forgot
  3. passed over
Verb
  • The College Football Playoff selection committee has insulted them, their city has mostly ignored them, and few outside of the range of Bob Chesney’s wonderfully gravelly football voice has actually believed in them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • But Colom and his Black supporters also have never ignored the significance of his candidacy as a Black man.
    — Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of ignored
Verb
  • First-time voters who forgot their ID will be required to show an acceptable form of identification, which are listed above.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In a bittersweet essay, Dolores’ daughter Juanita once recalled how her mother forgot to pick her up from junior high school.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of forgot
Verb
  • The snowpack supplies roughly 30% of California’s freshwater, and air masses tied to the storms had largely passed over Fresno and Madera counties, pointing to the Central Valley as a possible source.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Every songwriter has a trunk, and the trunk is full of songs that got tossed out of the show or were passed over when they were submitted or may have just not been finished.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of passed over
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