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public opinion was around and the republican spokesman held a press conference to explain away the matter.

For a man to excuse himself in this way and stop listening is much better than trying to explain away her hurt.

The idea of a Nilotic invasion was a way to explain away the existence of sophisticated kingdoms in the heart of Africa.

The man could not explain away the gun and the marked money from the bank robbery that the police found in his ear.

I knew I wasn't crazy. What had happened? There was no way to explain away what I'd seen.

This has been used to explain away two other notable anomalies: the size and value effects.

Katrina was partly the result of a normal weather cycle, but that cannot explain away stronger hurricanes world wide.

"We just report what we find, and no one has been able to explain away these results in a decade of trying, " Murphy told New Scientist.

But he does not just admit oneself is, always tries to explain away for oneself.

I never make a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I can not explain away afterwards.

Nevertheless, the ownership concentration degree can explain away significant issues regarding innovation of corporate products.

Until now, attempts to explain away the lithium problem have involved secondary modifications of the amount around.

S. leaders are desperately looking for a scapegoat to explain away the problems they've created in the first place.

Some critics have attempted to explain away the Turtles as a careful selection of very smart students.

Coke tried to explain away claims like "vitamins water = all you need" as "only puffery. " The judge disagreed.

No sophistry, no jugglery in figures can explain away the evidence the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye.

To some degree, we may be able to literally explain away many devastating physical problems.

It attempts to explain away potential theological problems like dinosaurs, carbon dating, and the fossil record in general.

He tried to explain away the missing money.

In the present case the phlogistonists attempted to explain away the anomaly in a number of ways.

He tried to explain away his lateness, but we didn't accept his excuse .

When defects are triaged and reviewed, we often explain away the reasons for the defect.

eg. She tried to explain away the missing money.

The murder suspect couldn't explain away his fingerprints at the scene.

One woman said it this way: "Don't try to use logic to explain away her feelings. "

Many of my clients find ways to explain away this feeling of being bored.

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.

You will find it difficult to explain away your use of such offensive language .

Don't explain away the facts.

How can she explain away her error?