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"Overall, Minnesota boasts the highest percentage of students who meet the reading benchmark in the country and the third-highest for math \u2014 driven by the high marks of White students \u2014 which can obfuscate these racial disparities. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, the bill was named the Affordable Care Act, and Barack Obama and his allies spent much of the debate trying to obfuscate the issue of premiums. \u2014 Philip Klein, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Jenkins uses emotional and cultural arguments, as well as outlier athletic examples, to obfuscate the fact that as a group, men have a biological advantage in athletic competition. \u2014 Jenna Stocker, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Some of these women have medical conditions that obfuscate their pregnancy symptoms; in other cases, the signs were clearly there. \u2014 Danielle Lindemann, The Atlantic , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Though Rabin attempts to obfuscate and undermine it, significant research suggests that the fetal heartbeat is a helpful marker of health. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Don\u2019t let Auburn\u2019s failed quest to throw Harsin overboard obfuscate the issues raised last week by people who were part of the program in 2021. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022"
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"Overall, Minnesota boasts the highest percentage of students who meet the reading benchmark in the country and the third-highest for math \u2014 driven by the high marks of White students \u2014 which can obfuscate these racial disparities. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, the bill was named the Affordable Care Act, and Barack Obama and his allies spent much of the debate trying to obfuscate the issue of premiums. \u2014 Philip Klein, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Jenkins uses emotional and cultural arguments, as well as outlier athletic examples, to obfuscate the fact that as a group, men have a biological advantage in athletic competition. \u2014 Jenna Stocker, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Some of these women have medical conditions that obfuscate their pregnancy symptoms; in other cases, the signs were clearly there. \u2014 Danielle Lindemann, The Atlantic , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Though Rabin attempts to obfuscate and undermine it, significant research suggests that the fetal heartbeat is a helpful marker of health. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Don\u2019t let Auburn\u2019s failed quest to throw Harsin overboard obfuscate the issues raised last week by people who were part of the program in 2021. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022"
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"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had a somewhat annoying marketing campaign where Marvel tried to obfuscate the truth as much as possible. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"Overall, Minnesota boasts the highest percentage of students who meet the reading benchmark in the country and the third-highest for math \u2014 driven by the high marks of White students \u2014 which can obfuscate these racial disparities. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, the bill was named the Affordable Care Act, and Barack Obama and his allies spent much of the debate trying to obfuscate the issue of premiums. \u2014 Philip Klein, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Jenkins uses emotional and cultural arguments, as well as outlier athletic examples, to obfuscate the fact that as a group, men have a biological advantage in athletic competition. \u2014 Jenna Stocker, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Some of these women have medical conditions that obfuscate their pregnancy symptoms; in other cases, the signs were clearly there. \u2014 Danielle Lindemann, The Atlantic , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Though Rabin attempts to obfuscate and undermine it, significant research suggests that the fetal heartbeat is a helpful marker of health. \u2014 Alexandra Desanctis, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Don\u2019t let Auburn\u2019s failed quest to throw Harsin overboard obfuscate the issues raised last week by people who were part of the program in 2021. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022"
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