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chalk

verb as in whiten

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Over time, these plates form chalk and limestone layers that record Earth’s climate history.

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Analysts say Beijing is newly aggressive in its relations with the U.S., chalking it up to the rare-earth issue.

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Instead, the Chargers lost after the ball bounced off Johnston’s hands in what he chalked up to a “lack of concentration.”

The Wall Street billionaire may have met his match in the chalk hills of southern England.

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt says that her team are "chalk and cheese" compared to how they felt after the Ashes defeat at the beginning of the year.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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