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That also has unsettling contextual implications that the writers can’t gloss over.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

It was the kind of routine email that employees would normally gloss over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

If you’re in early retirement — or close to it — you don’t want to gloss over the announcement of new tax brackets for 2026 as next year’s problem.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

She added: "I'd have stamped on the book I think. Just to gloss over why they ran out of money to me was shocking."

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

She layered concealer and powder, added smoky shadow, then mascara and a nearly black lipstick with a gloss over it.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart




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