airbrush out
Britishverb
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I was curious whether the major papers would airbrush out the Democratic tactics and just excerpt the tightest exchanges.
From Fox News
The way you talk about her husband, as if he is just some disposable “add-on” whom you can airbrush out of the scene, shows a real inability to empathise.
From The Guardian
When Smith’s label Arista asked that she airbrush out the hair on her upper lip, they might just as well have asked her to put on a spangly dress and a wig.
From The Guardian
About a woman who said magazines which change her skin tone or airbrush out her freckles are her “pet peeve”.
From The Guardian
U.S. carriers American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., United Continental Holdings Inc. and Hawaiian Holdings Inc. are planning to buckle to Beijing’s demands that they airbrush out public references suggesting Taiwan is a country, a person familiar with the discussions told Bloomberg Wednesday.
From Seattle Times
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