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bleach

[bleech] / blitʃ /


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We dyed our hair with food color and bleach and kept it straight with egg whites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

When the algae are stressed by heat or pollution, however, they leave, causing the coral to "bleach" and become vulnerable to disease and death.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

She said the overflowing and soiled bathrooms were so disgusting that she had to use the little money she had on her to purchase bleach and disinfectants for her family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

The janitorial closet smelled pungently of bleach and cleaning solvents.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

Explore hands-on activities with the UW community, tour the Burke Museum fish collections, learn why coral bleaches and more at the Students Explore Aquatic Sciences’ open house 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 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

At the end, the audiences from both parts returned to the bleaches for a bleak look at that ravishment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2020

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

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

"While bleached corals may be dying, they are not dead yet," said lead author Danny Collins, an oceans PhD student at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

"The question we wanted to answer is, once a coral has bleached, what can we do?"

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Where the fragments touched, the bleached coral began regaining its color.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, it is possible to extract healthy symbionts and culture them -- and the team is now thinking about ways to re-introduce them en masse to bleached coral.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

His skin radiated a reddish copper glow of tan, his brown hair had been a little bleached by the sun, and I noticed that the tan made his eyes shine with a cool blue-green fire.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Researchers could then deliver large quantities of these algae to damaged corals after bleaching events, potentially allowing them to recover much faster.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

"That this coming event is worse than that, after three intervening global bleaching events ... is a terrifying reality," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The South Pacific is among the regions of the world most vulnerable to global warming -- from rising seas jeopardising homes to increasing temperatures causing coral bleaching.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

That includes droughts, floods, infrastructure damage, coral bleaching, wildfires, and agricultural and health effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The lights in the office grew brighter and brighter, bleaching out the memory.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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