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gloss over

verb as in play down

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The new awareness is the latest indication that the detente has largely glossed over a rivalry between the U.S. and China that is only beginning.

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On the day itself, reporters tend to gloss over those opening pages afterwards, because the choices are more newsworthy than the argument.

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Yet the rosy picture painted by cheerleading TikTok and Instagram influencers glosses over potential adverse effects.

The ending, always the hardest thing to land in horror stories, falls short of perfection only because it’s almost glossed over; I missed the denouement on the first read.

But he glossed over the really big questions about what comes next, particularly how to secure and govern Gaza.

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