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
“Roger W. Straus Jr. completes the process of whitewashing the family name,” she writes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
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
Still sucking his fingers, the boy looked once more at the men whitewashing the stones.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
