whitewash
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Ikaika says, and he opens his eyes in time to see the second surfer get eaten by whitewash.
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Instead of leaning into cliché or whitewashing, he radiated dignity, cultural pride and a new kind of Black romantic masculinity—sensual without becoming caricature.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro quickly labeled this an effort to “rewrite and whitewash our history,” proclaiming, “We learn from our history in Pennsylvania, even when it’s painful.”
If it was your cat, you would probably try to clean it up a little, but you probably wouldn’t whitewash it and then spray it with super.super-hold hairspray, which is what the Herdmans did.
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Aunt Kitty and I rushed to the scene, past a few busy shops and whitewashed fences, until we reached the wide public garden.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.