bleach

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Recent Examples of bleach Now, eyebrow obsessions have settled on a style somewhere in between the soapy and bleached: the skinny brow. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 July 2025 Preserved fetuses hung submerged in jars, swollen from preservation fluid and bleached to a uniform, milky white. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025 Ultimately, what you’re left with is a truer account of a person’s life, one not airbrushed by their public relations team, one not bleached of anything unsavory. Brendan O’Meara 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025 The key to the bleaching properties of lemons lies in their acidic content. Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bleach
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleach
Verb
  • Just after the clock struck midnight as Thursday night faded into Friday morning, the Texas House morphed into something of a graveyard.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • As teams like the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians have faded, the Rangers have surged.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • Summer wildflowers brightened the canyon floor, their blooms vivid against the dense greenery and many swarmed by a wobbly squadron of butterflies.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The video prompted a flood of comments expressing just how much a pet cameo can brighten a workday.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the board’s paint has dulled and been scuffed up as thousands of people have walked across it.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
  • But for her brother Brad Bradley, the pain hasn't dulled — and neither has his anger toward one crew member: the ship's cruise director, Kirk Detweiler.
    Sarah Jones, People.com, 30 July 2025
Verb
  • What are some natural alternatives to bleach for whitening clothes?
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
  • Prizes were presented at a special awards night and included a three-night stay in Athens for the winner, Hemingways, a cocktail bar, as well as a teeth whitening voucher worth £425 ($578).
    Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 10 July 2025

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