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bleach

[bleech] / blitʃ /


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If you keep feeding wild birds, it’s vital to regularly clean all feeding surfaces and equipment using domestic bleach.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

To that end, these cargos are as intentional and well-lived as a perfectly executed skate trick: they’re hand-dyed, but also arrive bearing natural bleach, oil and scuff marks.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Residents in Patagonia know how to protect themselves from the virus, which they refer to as "the hanta," by airing out sheds and cleaning areas with bleach.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

He became known for his love of hygiene, which won him work promoting bleach.

From BBC May 8, 2026

The outer part could be made of another bleach bottle.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“When someone has the yeast infection on their skin, the skin often bleaches temporarily.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2024

Coral bleaches as a response to heat stress and scientists hope most of the coral will recover from the latest event.

From Seattle Times Nov. 28, 2022

At altitudes less than 1 km in the atmosphere, conditions are relatively warm and humid so smoke particles are often not very viscous and brown carbon bleaches quickly.

From Salon Nov. 13, 2022

Coral bleaches as a heat-stress response, and scientists hope most of the coral will recover from the current event, said David Wachenfeld, chief scientist at the authority, which manages the reef ecosystem.

From Washington Post May 11, 2022

Like Dad, he wears his hair long; sunlight bleaches it blond.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Liu was older, 7 inches taller, with bleached hair and piercings, practically unrecognizable from the wispy child she’d been at U.S. nationals in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Unless ocean temperatures return to more tolerable levels, bleached corals are unable to recover and eventually die of starvation.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

One pendant evokes the sea with its swirl of mother-of-pearl, spiral seashells and rivulets of pale gray leather arranged above a piece of bleached coral.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2025

Linda Harman, an independent councillor on Ashford Borough Council said the site "completely bleached the sky".

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

He was in his late fifties, however, and his reddish hair had been bleached almost colorless now, like a dandelion gone to seed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Scientists have already connected them with widespread coral bleaching, large-scale deaths of marine organisms, harmful algal blooms and major disruptions to fisheries and aquaculture.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Wildfires, floods, melting ice caps, heat waves, the bleaching of ocean reefs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

"Every global coral bleaching event has been during an El Nino year," said Clint Oakley, a coral scientist at Victoria University of Wellington.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

There are some corals globally that have proven resilient to warmer waters, but they cannot make up for the losses caused by rounds of bleaching.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Richard sits tensely, his hand clutching the armrest, his knuckles bleaching each time the tires slip.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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