whitewash

In a joint statement following the judge's ruling last month, Harry and campaigner Doreen Lawrence called it "a complete and obvious whitewash".

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

In a joint statement released shortly after the ruling, Prince Harry and Baroness Lawrence called the decision a "whitewash".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Patriotism doesn’t ask us to whitewash the country’s shortcomings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Once virtually lost to memory after being painted over with whitewash, the frescoes began to be uncovered in the mid-19th century -- but the work left scratches and pockets of white on the frescoed walls.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Joplin was nice, mostly wood-frame buildings, but they was clean and covered with paint or whitewash.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

Tradwife content whitewashes history, but an honest look shows that contempt for housewives was a widespread theme in the past.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026

Since their Test debut at Lord's in 1932, they've toured England 18 times but won only three series - 1971, 1986 and 2007 - while suffering four whitewashes.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

Critics say the new text still whitewashes the history of Bruce’s Beach, and many questioned whether creating a new monument actually amounts to justice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

While the movie has been celebrated for spotlighting female fighters and African history, critics say it whitewashes the kingdom’s role in enslaving other tribes.

From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

She made one in the first and three in the second, and then comes four beautiful whitewashes.

From Frank Merriwell at Yale by Burt L. Standish

The whitewashed building, which has been here since the days of the American Civil War, rises from the surrounding scrub and sits about 200 yards from the Rio Grande river itself.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

A bird’s-eye shot of spike heel-clad feet framing an esoteric dress acquisition, a styling clip attached to soft fabric sitting lightly and low-rise, a dress-up session framed by whitewashed wood with the perfect patina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Driving north from Melides toward the town of Comporta, through the western reaches of Portugal’s Alentejo region, I passed expansive rice fields, forests of umbrella pines and clusters of whitewashed homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The roughcast yellow walls of the 17th-century home near the German border, where the future Fuehrer was born on April 20, 1889, have been whitewashed over by the Austrian architecture firm Marte.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Rooms were whitewashed and then sprinkled with vinegar.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

The whitewashing of the wall has also been questioned by some who pointed out that maybe this approach was missing the point.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

When the New York Times profiled Ms. Rodríguez as a “moderate,” a backlash erupted: Thousands on X ridiculed the paper for whitewashing her bloodstained record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

And I agree with Coates when he criticized Klein for whitewashing Charlie Kirk’s legacy, and agree that while we should not celebrate a person’s death, we also shouldn’t paper over who they were in life.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

Rewriting and whitewashing the past, whether of a nation or its leaders, is standard operating procedure.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Some convicts were whitewashing stones along the edge of a pathway that came toward the gate near where he stood.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong