gloss

For all of the complexities and subtleties of this story, and there are plenty, the inescapable crux of it was something even the most polished public relations executive would struggle to add much gloss to.

Paul de Wet came off the bench to step his way to the line for try number five, before fellow replacement Andre-Hugo Venter burrowed over the whitewash to add further gloss to an impressive display.

By conflating religious and racial identity, white evangelicals have put a moral gloss on a deeply immoral desire for white supremacy.

They’ve become a soothing lullaby for policymakers, as if labeling our crises is enough to gloss over the harsh reality of what those words actually mean.

Her narrated version of events often contradicted or glossed over what we saw on screen.