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blanch

[blanch, blahnch] / blæntʃ, blɑntʃ /
VERB
become afraid
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
be brave


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Harris also shows us the burn scars that ripple up Racine’s arm and across Anaia’s face, textured skin that makes strangers blanch, to which Racine lashes out defensively.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

“Reporter-source relationships can be tricky, of course, and many journalists would blanch to see their correspondence with sources made public,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2025

“We didn’t blanch at the cost to come to The Mather.”

From Barron's Oct. 26, 2025

Yet Seattleites have every reason to blanch at the price tag and wonder about the levy’s effectiveness.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

Then it tipped up into the sky and spread out, looking for a maple it could scorch or a beech it could blanch.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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