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Recent Examples of tune out
Illuminate your patio with twinkling LED outdoor string lights, tune out with the hottest summer hits with Beats headphones, or play mixologist and serve guests refreshing blended cocktails.
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Michelle Lau, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
She's generated the kind of viral moments and media attention that actually breaks through to voters who've tuned out politics.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Writers on the ‘stark’ reality: Writers from six of the year’s most entertaining and acclaimed TV series open up about runaway production, the binge model and tuning out (or into) social media.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Anyone saying otherwise is demonstrating how widely the political map has diverged from the territory New Yorkers actually live in, with millions tuning out the city’s politics in the process.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
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Michelle Lau, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
She's generated the kind of viral moments and media attention that actually breaks through to voters who've tuned out politics.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Writers on the ‘stark’ reality: Writers from six of the year’s most entertaining and acclaimed TV series open up about runaway production, the binge model and tuning out (or into) social media.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Anyone saying otherwise is demonstrating how widely the political map has diverged from the territory New Yorkers actually live in, with millions tuning out the city’s politics in the process.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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Tagovailoa’s third turnover occurred on Miami’s first drive of the second half when a short pass over the middle of the field was intercepted by Colts defensive lineman Laiatu Latu, who dropped back into coverage on Miami’s offense while a three Colts rushers came after Tagovailoa.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Guilherme Biro’s pass over the top to Owen Wolff, son of Sporting KC legend Josh Wolff, was overplayed by SKC’s Robert Voloder.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hall of course was sweating over this because any sudden movement and his head would be blown off.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Verrichias also just seem to have totally blown off the creditor's discovery by not responding to interrogatories or appearing to be examined.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Still, sometimes the heat is impossible to ignore — evident in the small sweat stains on Dinkel’s blue collared shirt.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Carrie Severino, president of the conservative advocacy group Judicial Crisis Network, previously told the Washington Examiner that the justices have made recent orders more explicit and clear as lower court judges have ignored the Supreme Court’s previous orders on its emergency docket.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Reigning Gold Cup champion Mexico will look to disregard that disruption in the hopes of building some momentum during this international break.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Daskalakis, Houry, and Jernigan say Kennedy barely engaged with CDC staff and disregarded CDC data that was provided, particularly related to vaccines.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The negotiations around the three-year deals is complicated due to the fact that MLB is also trying not to slight two of its other rights holders.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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Along with Immunis, the competing teams include a biotech company run by his best friend and several longevity clinics that felt slighted by Diamandis’s claims that Fountain Life is superior to its peers.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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