sugarcoat
Example Sentences
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The world is not cutting emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and no amount of pomp and pageantry at COP30 will be able to sugarcoat that uncomfortable reality.
From Barron's
“Like, he didn’t sugarcoat, he didn’t try to kiss my you-know-what for me to come here. He just kept it real. He’s like, ‘I’m gonna coach you.
From Los Angeles Times
“There’s no sugarcoating this,” Freeman echoed a few weeks later, when another confounding sweep to the Pittsburgh Pirates in early September was followed by another walk-off loss to the Orioles in team’s series-opener in Baltimore.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s just straight-up disappointing, and there’s no other way to sugarcoat it.”
Sanderson, however, did not sugarcoat what is at stake for Chelsea, nor the pressure on the shoulders of a team backed by huge investment - but without a European title.
From BBC
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