bleached
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It reflected a man with bleached blonde curls who left home in Barbados as a teenager to pursue his dreams in England.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 -- a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Wooden balconies above the bar were bleached white from the heat, and several trees outside were scorched of all their leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 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
He searched and then saw an almost perfectly straight branch of driftwood, bleached and smooth as worn soap, right at the waterline.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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