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gloss

[glos, glaws] / glɒs, glɔs /






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John McGinn's late double put the gloss on a dominant performance that was too much for Forest to match, or even cope with.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Ozon gives it all a fascinatingly detached gloss so that our curiosity is well-tapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The light on Mag is framed like a melodramatic diva’s spotlight, and the close-ups of Delano’s electric purple lip gloss and severe makeup heighten the sequence’s sense of surrealism.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

As my experience over the past few weeks has shown, we can benefit from such exchanges without having to gloss over or ignore our differences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

She enjoyed her job but didn’t try to gloss over the bureaucratic headaches of government work.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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