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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

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

From BBC May 8, 2026

In 2017, they bought a former steel works and an abandoned bleach factory next door for $25 million and started hosting the Mirage in the lot between them.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

I walk us along back rooms and even past the boys’ locker room, which smells like bleach and dirty socks.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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 Seattle Times May 10, 2022

The disinfectants, bleaches and sanitizers we’ve relied on during the pandemic can irritate our eyes, skin and throat, not to mention ruin some of our favorite clothing.

From Washington Post Aug. 23, 2021

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

Jacks has been given the nickname of Slim Shady by some England players during this tournament – a reference to his pre-tournament haircut and bleached blond hair.

From BBC Feb. 22, 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

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

Whitewashed cement blocks carrying the dead are stacked on top of one another, building a graveyard city that’s bleached like bones in the sun.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

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

Nolasco said a taper is the favorite haircut these days and there’s also players bleaching their hair blond for the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

"The average sea temperature for the last few years is the same as what it was at the peak of the 1998 global bleaching event," said Oakley.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Periodic, localised bleaching is a natural and even healthy process for reefs.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

The gray mule was gone, his bones unfolding somewhere on the red dirt, bleaching white and thin in the sun.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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