whitewashed
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There’s a cross on the roof, stained glass in the windows and a choir loft upstairs, but this whitewashed three-level building near Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake is no longer a house of worship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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
Beneath the hospital windows and newly whitewashed walls there are rows of strawberries and cucumbers planted by the prisoners.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The roughcast yellow walls of the 17th-century home near the German border, where the future Fuehrer was born on April 20, 1889, have been whitewashed over by the Austrian architecture firm Marte.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
It had a whitewashed side, though truth is, it could have used another coat.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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