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Even their name downplays the fact that they're a rock band (understandably -- "Jaga Rockist" is problematic).

Pitchfork: Latest News 2009

The term downplays the threat by conjuring up images of Bond Super Villains and easy-to-shoot black hats and Imperial Storm Troopers.

Toys R Us - Military Sword & Sorcery is coming ("#### Harry Potter! Daddy, where's my axe?") zornhau 2005

"This lax way of labelling downplays the deadliness of the products."

CBC | Top Stories News 2012

And it's a story that really kind of downplays this, Michel, the very complexity of black Christianity.

Scholar Signals The End Of The Black Church 2010

I’ll give you a hint: only one of those terms downplays the “slave” aspect of thetrade.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010

I’ll give you a hint: only one of those terms downplays the “slave” aspect of the trade.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010

U. N.'s climate change expert calls science 'robust,' downplays 'Climate-gate'

SplicedFeed 2009

Meanwhile, Woodward's paper, the Washington Post, which has benefited tremendously from Woodward's celebrity ever since Watergate, downplays Woodward's precise role in all of this.

Russ Baker: Woodward, the Post , and the Generals Russ Baker 2010

While conceiving this work so narrowly may be titillating, it forecloses alternative perceptions and downplays thought -- fatal mistakes with Britten, that most mental of operatic composers.

Rodney Punt: Turn of the Screw Gets a Stunning New Turn at LA Opera Rodney Punt 2011

While conceiving this work so narrowly may be titillating, it forecloses alternative perceptions and downplays thought -- fatal mistakes with Britten, that most mental of operatic composers.

Rodney Punt: Turn of the Screw Gets a Stunning New Turn at LA Opera Rodney Punt 2011