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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

“You want to actively increase your retirement contributions. So many people do ‘set it and forget it,’ and it’s so easy to gloss over.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Here’s the thing that programs tend to gloss over: In this study and others, most kids don’t improve completely.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 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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