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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

Compared to the 11th Circuit’s decision, other courts’ opinions on this subject are half-baked and muddled, reliant upon dubious generalizations that gloss over key historical materials.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

“Come here, Morg,” she said, and she ran the lip gloss over Morgan’s lips.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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