Sentence examples for egregious lapses from inspiring English sources

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Subjunctivitis And speaking of fine points, I haven't grappled with the subjunctive lately — there have been more common and more egregious lapses to carp on, I guess.

Among the most egregious lapses, many experts noted, were erroneous statements by Tommy G. Thompson, the nation's secretary of health and human services, and various lawmakers.

He extols the accomplishments of certain partners, but he highlights as well the egregious lapses of judgment and the moral flaws of the executives, including the deep strains of anti-Semitism in the Morgan culture.

Unquestionably there were egregious lapses in BP's protocol and in the regulatory oversight, but the public and governmental response seems to be all over the map kind of knee-jerk punitive measures.

"The Released," a documentary to be shown on Tuesday on most PBS stations, seeks to confirm everything you may already believe about the egregious lapses in the nation's prison and mental health systems.

He remained almost comically eloquent to the end, but he was increasingly unreliable about his memories and his judgments (Hardy, to his great credit, does not refrain from drawing attention to some of the more egregious lapses).

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While the agencies have been criticized for what some have called an egregious lapse, many lawmakers believe that the agencies have been hamstrung by increasing restraints.

If he were truly apologetic, he would fully acknowledge his egregious lapse in calling the National Education Association a "terrorist organization," period, with no qualification.

Compared with most TV documentaries these days, neither Fyre film appears to be guilty of what viewers are likely to consider an egregious lapse in ethics.

The Casper Star-Tribune editorialized about how the Humane Society uncovered a "culture of cruelty" at a Wyoming pig factory and that introducing the bill showed "an egregious lapse in judgment" on the part of the bill's sponsor.

Perhaps the most egregious lapse was the repeated failure of investigators to verify the trades that Mr. Madoff claimed to be making over the years, bringing in steady profits that turned out to be, quite literally, too good to be true, the inspector general found.

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