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Recent Examples on the WebBut the states have for some time been moving to water down or eliminate civil service protections at the state and local level. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 July 2022 But industry lobbyists managed to water down or eliminate those proposals. Jesse Drucker, New York Times, 7 July 2022 At the same time, the firm has been allegedly advising numerous major corporate pharmaceutical clients, including helping opioid makers fend off and water down FDA regulations, multiple news outlets have reported. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022 According to some staffers, this pattern of response—freeze, appease, water down—prevented Facebook from learning important lessons. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022 Perhaps the White House will try to fudge the issue or water down the proposal, but its basic stance is untenable and shows. James Freeman, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 Lured away, the river jumped—or avulsed, in the parlance of geology—on a roughly millennial schedule, sending its torrent of water down one of these channels, building in a new direction. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 However, Senate Republicans will likely block or water down the measures. Alan Murray, Fortune, 9 June 2022 As students held up signs Friday to protest the passing of a Utah law to ban transgender girls from competing in high school sports, the pouring rain sent streaks of colorful water down their poster boards. Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022 See More