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under-statement

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  • In retrospect, to call this astonishing is an under-statement.

    Just for once, Google has been given a bloody nose 2011

  • To say the Rev. Wright issue is not an issue, is an under-statement.

    Obama: I expected Wright to disagree with me 2008

  • "Some concerns remain on the re-emergence of financial tensions in certain markets," he conceded, in an under-statement of impressive proportions.

    Printing Presses Roll, But Not in Europe Patience Wheatcroft 2010

  • “You seem to know a lot about me,” I said, making the under-statement of the year.

    hush, hush Becca Fitzpatrick 2009

  • “You seem to know a lot about me,” I said, making the under-statement of the year.

    hush, hush Becca Fitzpatrick 2009

  • “You seem to know a lot about me,” I said, making the under-statement of the year.

    hush, hush Becca Fitzpatrick 2009

  • In fact, that may be the under-statement of the century.

    Carry-Over Thread 2007

  • “You seem to know a lot about me,” I said, making the under-statement of the year.

    hush, hush Becca Fitzpatrick 2009

  • To say we were both stressed would be the under-statement of the century.

    Sometimes Normal Still Stinks - SpouseBUZZ 2008

  • Gemmas comment, this I saw with horror, seems like a bit of an under-statement.31

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

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