water down
Example Sentences
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“There was absolutely no reason or desire that I would want to water down this report.”
From Los Angeles Times
Both Berlin and Italy also helped pressure the EU to water down its 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars -- a decision again opposed, unsuccessfully, by France.
From Barron's
Qatar threatened to cut supplies of liquefied natural gas unless Brussels waters down the bloc’s climate rules.
This was all before sources told The Times last week that Bass ordered an after-action report on the Palisades fire be — no pun intended — watered down to limit legal liability against the city.
From Los Angeles Times
On Wednesday, The Times reported that Bass was directly involved in watering down the city’s after-action report on the fire, citing unnamed sources.
From Los Angeles Times
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