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blanches

VERB
become afraid
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
be brave


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"It's pretty mad. You can't put a price on it," Laurent Saget, who runs Terres Blanches, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Pépin is a line of natural wines imported by Terres Blanches Wine Merchants, a Virginia-based firm specializing in small wineries that farm organically or biodynamically.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

Talk to most groups of gay friends and it’s almost certain that there are self-proclaimed Dorothys, Roses, Sophias and Blanches in each group dynamic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2022

Extreme Heat Blanches Coral, and Threat is Seen, New York Times, September 2010 In 2010 many of the world’s coral reefs turned white in reaction to too-warm waters.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2012

"Round thy cloisters, in moonlight, Branching dark, or touched with white: Round old chill aisles, where, moon-smitten, Blanches the Orate, written Under each worn old-world face."

From The Charm of Oxford by Wells, J. (Joseph)



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