whitewashing
Example Sentences
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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
Instead of being shot, Yelena was imprisoned in the basement of the officers’ guardhouse for ten days with the job of whitewashing the walls.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
