The condition of these banks, since 2008, has been the elephant in the room, the big issue that everyone is assiduously ignoring.

Even people who assiduously ignore state politics tend to have heard that New York State has failed to pass a budget on time for two decades.

Feet blessedly shod, I made my way home, fixating on sterilizing my feet, assiduously ignoring the frightening might-have-beens.

The two sisters are known within the fiercely gossipy enclaves of British literary life to be at odds, and are reported to assiduously ignore each other's work.

So I checked it out from the library, brought it home, and then assiduously ignored it for a few weeks while I read Nero Wolfe mysteries and graphic novels.

If he'd had ready access to an axe, there'd have been poultry for Robin's stew pot this morning.... Rose was assiduously ignoring him, but everyone else seemed interested in his answer, so he took the time to think about it before he said anything.