make little of
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The documents also show that the pressure to make little of the differences between the MAX and the previous model extended to certification of the aircraft, including systems important to safety.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2020
Generally, Creed likes to make little of nothing very much: a tiny tower of Lego, seven nails of ascending sizes banged into the wall, a slender ziggurat of planks.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2010
Forward Gavin Smith from Van Nuys, Calif., for next year, tried to make little of his latest acquisition.
From Time Magazine Archive
Slower minds could make little of it beyond the fact that he has not yet lost his skill in epi-grammatics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cynthia, being generous-minded, tried to make little of the mishap.
From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy
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