whitewashed

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Fuelled by a tourism boom, real estate fever has broken out across the Cyclades archipelago, threatening to destroy iconic landscapes of whitewashed houses and blue church domes.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story, if you’ll pardon the pun there. And that’s wrong.”

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The 1880s Artillery Officer Quarters, for example, have been restored and brilliantly whitewashed as the swank Capella Hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

The site’s biographical articles are meant to be factual, not flattering, and even widely admired historical figures do not have whitewashed pages.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2025

There were crude charcoal sketches on pieces of whitewashed plaster, carefully transplanted into a frame.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda