water down

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Article 2 of the framework commits the UK not to water down human rights provisions, underpinned by EU law, that flow from the Good Friday Agreement.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“There was absolutely no reason or desire that I would want to water down this report.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

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 • Feb. 11, 2026

The chancellor is expected to water down the planned changes for pubs, which industry groups warned would see mass closures without a government rethink.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

If you aren't aiming the light, you are swooshing the water down into the drains.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan