blanched

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To prepare the samples, potatoes were rinsed, peeled, cut into strips, blanched, and salted.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

I attended a gathering of diplomats, journalists and scholars, and they had blanched faces as they discussed what it means.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

But then Ms. Mollenkott, who had been living as a closeted lesbian, shared her secret with Ms. Scanzoni and watched with horror as her writing partner blanched with shock.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

When the mural was installed in April, fair officials blanched.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Biologists might have blanched at trying to describe the “gene molecule” on purely hypothetical grounds—but what physicist could resist taking a ramble in weird, risky territory?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee