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

No, but there was an angry written statement from Prince Harry and fellow claimant Baroness Doreen Lawrence - the mother of Stephen Lawrence - attacking the judgement as a "complete and obvious whitewash".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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

Dr. Neu didn't try to whitewash what had happened.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Since their Test debut at Lord's in 1932, they've toured England 18 times but won only three series - 1971, 1986 and 2007 - while suffering four whitewashes.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

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

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

The beautiful word "Home" conceals a doll's house or whitewashes a sepulchre.

From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill

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

Estrada disagrees with calls to completely remove Chavez from murals, and thinks they should be renovated and updated rather than "whitewashed".

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

Those first days before classes started I spent alone in my whitewashed room, in the bright meadows of Hampden.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Following the video surfacing, Galliano apologized, went to rehab, and, over the last few years, experienced a brand resurgence that some would call a whitewashing.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Instead of leaning into cliché or whitewashing, he radiated dignity, cultural pride and a new kind of Black romantic masculinity—sensual without becoming caricature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

The whitewashing of the wall has also been questioned by some who pointed out that maybe this approach was missing the point.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2024

The men whitewashing the rocks made no sounds.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong