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

But Vermeer’s symbol-free whitewash is alive with light in the space between the wall and his eye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

Though Kemp, whose last international appearance came during the 2025 Ashes whitewash, will not bowl in the 50-over series against New Zealand that begins on Sunday, she has been bowling in practice since January.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Dad started to laugh, and as he rocked back and forth he shook the house so that loose whitewash flaked off the ceiling and landed on the top of his head.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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

Unlike the critic George Saintsbury, who looked to 18th-century literature for “repose and refreshment,” Damrosch never idealizes or whitewashes.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2019

But the film "whitewashes some of the darker aspects" of the personality of circus promoter PT Barnum, played by Jackman, she explains.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2018

It whitewashes it and fails to tell people they need to stop being...is "evil" to hokey a word... evil to others.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2015

White′washer, one who whitewashes; White′-wa′ter, shoal water near the shore, breakers: the foaming water in rapids, &c.;

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The 19-year-old, seeking his second World Series Finals victory after 2024, recently whitewashed the Dutchman, who is a former UK Open champion, 6-0 on his way to winning the Czech Darts Open.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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

There was no immediate confirmation of the identities of those who died but the authorities said many of the victims may be foreigners who were in Bedar, a small whitewashed village in Los Gallardos district.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Now AI is upending workplaces in ways both real and whitewashed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Beyond them stretched more cornfields, a few whitewashed houses with red tile roofs, and, towering in the distance, mountains.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

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

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

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Indeed, their investigatory history appears to be one of whitewashing scandals at the court.

From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2024

He has, for example, written on Bulgaria whitewashing its role in the atrocity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

The men whitewashing the rocks made no sounds.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong