How to Use fail to see/understand in a Sentence
fail to see/understand
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And that is the game within a game that people fail to see and talk about.
— Howard Megdal, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020 -
Despite all that power, the gods and their avatars fail to see Arthur as a threat.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Apr. 2022 -
As too many of today’s blowhards fail to understand, the best late-night hosts don’t make the show all about themselves.
— Judy Berman, TIME, 10 May 2024 -
Students often fail to see the relevance of what is taught.
— Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2020 -
The majority, 53%, take place when parents fail to see their children in the backseat of the car.
— USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Adults, when weighed down with worries, sometimes fail to see the joy in simple things, where children do not.
— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2021 -
Many Americans have no concept of high-speed rail and fail to see its value.
— Ben Jones, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023 -
People whose contacts have changed could fail to see state notices.
— Ariel Hart, ajc, 13 July 2023 -
Like the tour operators, PGA fans fail to see any nuance.
— Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 -
Unfortunately, leaders often fail to see the clear threat in front of their noses.
— Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2022 -
The area is also known for strong undercurrents that migrants may also fail to see above the surface.
— Armando Garcia, ABC News, 4 July 2023 -
Others may simply fail to see the need for vaccination.
— Alex Putterman, courant.com, 24 June 2021 -
Only those who don’t have to inject themselves with needles all day could fail to see the value of an inhaled insulin.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Firms that fail to understand and account for the female consumer are likely leaving dollars on the table.
— Peter Vanham, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Lee is aware that often women who create nude imagery are dismissed and that people fail to understand the meaning of her art.
— Grace Banks, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023 -
However, many borrowers fail to see how blocking the student loan freeze achieves this mission.
— Delyanne Barros, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Crazy notion that liberals fail to understand and refuse to acknowledge is the right way to operate.
— Jon Hartley, National Review, 28 Nov. 2023 -
What most fail to see is that the rewards from this are not only for the individual children and families but for society as a whole.
— Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 30 May 2024 -
Profiting in the present, American businesses fail to see possible long-term damage to the U.S.
— Manyin Li, National Review, 7 Mar. 2021 -
How could anyone fail to see that this ... brings very few, if any, tangible benefits to struggling black families?
— Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2023 -
There is another side to the story that critics fail to see in their incessant rage campaign against the organization.
— Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 -
Black women have little recourse when doctors refuse to judge them as authorities on their own bodies, or fail to see them as deserving of care.
— Nora Caplan-Bricker, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2020 -
More and more car buyers are opting to go fully electric each year, although even a record 2023 will fail to see EV uptake reach double-digit percentages.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Monday's high was also the earliest 103 degree reading on record in the Utah capital, where most years fail to see temperatures so high.
— BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021 -
That includes more training for police officers, who critics complain sometimes fail to see warning signs.
— New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022 -
The resulting social distancing has led tribal officials to worry the community will fail to see warning signs among at-risk youth.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2020 -
Directors sometimes fail to understand core threats, Ms. Nagler said.
— Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2023 -
The sailors fail to understand the beautiful creature, similar to how society fails to understand writers.
— Bryan West, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024 -
What the civilians sometimes fail to understand is that officers accused of lying, for instance, can no longer testify in court and thus are required to work jobs with little to no contact with the public, Furniss said.
— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Western commentators did not fail to see the neo-colonial character of Macron’s intervention.
— Mathis Bitton, National Review, 12 Aug. 2020
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