doesn't wash
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Now, they'll say that things are better in the Premier League than they are abroad, but that doesn't wash with me.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Judge Watkins said that doesn’t wash, at least for the anti-immigrant label.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2023
Dalessandro wears his 1997 national championship T-shirt that he doesn’t wash between wins, and he always enters the stadium with hope.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2021
Somehow, that toy marketing argument just doesn't wash.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2021
The seawater falls over them in waves, but it doesn’t wash them away.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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