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Recent Examples of tune out
His brilliance lies in animating millions to tune out critical thinking and follow his lead in promoting xenophobia, bigotry and resentment.
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Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Americans of all parties, and Democrats in particular, are tuning out politics.
—April Rubin, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
People love to tune in, tune out, and escape while watching beautiful people doing impossible things.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Glumly marching to the stage, Wallen appears to tune out the anxious producer’s notes about looking at the camera and remembering to smile.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Americans of all parties, and Democrats in particular, are tuning out politics.
—April Rubin, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
People love to tune in, tune out, and escape while watching beautiful people doing impossible things.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Glumly marching to the stage, Wallen appears to tune out the anxious producer’s notes about looking at the camera and remembering to smile.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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New England Patriots: Travis Hunter, CB/WR, Colorado — Talent supersedes need here, as there's no blocker worthy of passing over the draft's most electrifying player.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Later on, a smaller rain cell passed over the track, causing another red flag before racing resumed again.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The theft echoes another heist in the Netherlands last November—this one botched—in which criminals blew off the doors of Oisterwijk’s MPV Gallery, making off with two Andy Warhol prints and leaving two more behind, damaged, in their haste.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2025
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So our problem is not that we’re getting blown off the ball.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Get best-in-class reporting that's too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
WIRED,
17 Feb. 2025
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Prison staff had ignored warning signs of his suicide, the lawsuit claims.—
Thomas C. Zambito,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Such a change has already run aground with fiscal hawks in the House, who share the Senate antipathy toward congressional scorekeepers but are unwilling to completely disregard their rules.—
Andrew Duehren,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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This is where disregarded athletes and teams across time have overcome seemingly impossible odds to achieve greatness.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2025
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The new league could add more costs for the NBA and its owners but also tarnish its brand or create friction for European fans of existing teams who do not join the NBA’s league or feel slighted by it.—
Mike Vorkunov,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Trump, as is his custom, makes everything about himself and feels slighted by events that few others would consider offensive.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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