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She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them.
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There is no way to sugarcoat the awfulness of those months of anxiety.
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Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
There is no sugarcoating the depth of disagreement between public health and MAHA over some life-and-death interventions such as vaccines.
—Tom W. Johnson, STAT, 26 Jan. 2026
And Head coach Jordi Fernández didn’t sugarcoat it, either.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2026
Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
There is no sugarcoating the depth of disagreement between public health and MAHA over some life-and-death interventions such as vaccines.
—Tom W. Johnson, STAT, 26 Jan. 2026
And Head coach Jordi Fernández didn’t sugarcoat it, either.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2026
Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Sugarcoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sugarcoat. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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sugarcoat
verb
sug·ar·coat
ˌshu̇g-ər-ˈkōt 
: to coat with or as if with sugar
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