explain away

I have no doubt that the puzzle you pointed out is indeed true and cannot be explained away by medians and means.

This is no more effective than prayer which when it does seem to work can be explained away as coincidence.

Thus, the many moons seen on SOHO and the Stereo images, with a drifting tail of dust, were to be explained away.

This paradox cannot be explained away as simple ignorance, jealousy, or intolerance, and it is not the only paradox.

This cannot be explained away as a coarse Western deficiency; though his taste swung from joyous profanity to extremes of prudishness .

But it is dense with nuance and offers uncommon insight into a land too often explained away as "the most dangerous place on earth" .

It has a reputation for arrogance, sometimes explained away as a manifestation of total concentration on its clients.

Moreover, the unadjusted surplus can no longer be explained away due to the stronger currency or lower oil prices.

He explained away the children's fears.

Even the example about Van Gogh can be explained away because of his recurring mental illness and addiction to absinthe.

Alcoholism cannot be explained away as a minor problem.

I thought I had explained away the discrepancy but he had the actual figure and so I left myself wide open to a charge of telling lies.

Secular man may be anxious, but he is also convinced that anxiety can be explained away.

Part of the pay gap can be easily explained away.

Too often, "any human or animal act that appears altruistic has been explained away as selfishness in disguise. "

And if it can be explained, then it can be explained away.

This subtle alteration has been explained away a number of different ways.

He explained away his late arrival by blaming it on the crowded roads.

My fears were finally explained away.

He explained away his unfinished homework by showing the teacher his wounded hand.

if the bond is strong, then a bad year such as 2008 can be explained away.

Have you seen a spirit or a ghost, or witnessed someone do something that can't be explained away by the normal laws of physics?

For most of the 20th Century those differences were explained away by social conditioning;

How debt problems are constantly explained away