on the surface
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Lifestyle creep doesnāt always look reckless on the surface ā sometimes itās just a gym upgrade or a few extra dinners out.
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On the surface, this might not seem like much of a crisis.
But the first car produced under his leadership has fallen far short of expectations, and a glance at the context makes this less of a surprise than it appears on the surface.
From BBC
An AI-generated video shows a crowd of young - mostly black - men, wearing balaclavas and padded jackets, slipping down a water slide into a dirty swimming pool with litter bobbing on the surface.
From BBC
While business investment looks good on the surface, it has largely been driven by spending on energy and artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
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