fade into insignificance

To begin to seem unimportant when compared to something else. My good grades faded into insignificance once my sister got home with news that she would be the lead in the school play.

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Over time, they hope that Leila de Lima will not only fade into insignificance, having been silenced and virtually erased from the public eye, but also turn into a ghost haunting the public memory.

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The room, the celebrities, all fade into insignificance.

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Reds skipper Steven Gerrard, who gave the flowers to his counterpart Joey Barton before the kick-off, also knows that all talk of his own heroics must fade into insignificance.

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and fauna - a diversity of life that makes even the famed Galapagos Islands fade into insignificance by comparison.

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However, such groups will also fade into insignificance if the theocratic oligarchy that fuels their cause becomes disempowered.

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Find out more 0905 070 0405 (77p/min) Libra Sept 23 - Oct 23 DIFFICULTIES encountered early in the day will fade into insignificance when you receive some encouraging news later.

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But the Hibs defender insists one look at the poverty and misery suffered by the locals near Scotland's Under-21 base in Bulgaria helps make memories of his Hampden heartache fade into insignificance.

Scotland Kid Admits Poverty in Bulgaria Puts His Scottish Cup Final Heartache into Perspective

To witness his raw courage is something to behold and makes all our daily lesser problems fade into insignificance.

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Although there are Chinese 'intelligence officers', both civilian and military, these fade into insignificance behind the mass of ordinary students, businessmen and locally employed staff who are working (at least part-time) on the orders of various parts of the State intelligence gathering apparatus.

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However much we think we are a connected society at present, this will fade into insignificance in a future of 24/7 connection to the internet.

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However the club did have massive injury and suspension problems at the back in the opening months of last season, against which this season's defensive problems fade into insignificance.

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But these problems fade into insignificance alongside the paralysis she suffered after falling off the bed and into a bedside table.

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Other world news will fade into insignificance as Owen's plight dominates the headlines for two weeks.

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Canada border fade into insignificance when we are confronted the reality of Hurricane Katrina and the havoc that it's wreaked across the Gulf Coast of the United States.

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But these complications fade into insignificance against those among their various wives and girlfriends.