bleached

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Liu was older, 7 inches taller, with bleached hair and piercings, practically unrecognizable from the wispy child she’d been at U.S. nationals in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Retinal cells at the back of the eyes which detect the light can get bleached, and take a while to recover.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 -- a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

One pendant evokes the sea with its swirl of mother-of-pearl, spiral seashells and rivulets of pale gray leather arranged above a piece of bleached coral.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

He was in his late fifties, however, and his reddish hair had been bleached almost colorless now, like a dandelion gone to seed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides