bleach
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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
Despite its vivid blue appearance, the water at the quarry - dubbed the Blue Lagoon - is highly alkaline and potentially harmful, with a pH level comparable to bleach.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Investigators also found broken glass scattered through the home, a shattered microwave, and bleach wipes and spray bottles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
"People think we only get missiles and shelters. But we have holidays too. Taking photos, drinking mulled wine, eating tasty food, it's nice to switch," said Ovchinnikova, 25 and with bleach blond hair.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
And the burning has nothing to do with the bleach.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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
Dr. DiCaprio does not recommend special produce washes, bleaches or detergents.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
Like Dad, he wears his hair long; sunlight bleaches it blond.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Madonna sings about the "bleached blonde dirty roots" of her 1980s image on the album's closing track L.E.S.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
She’s got the hair dryer on the back tank and the hood pulled over her bleached head.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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
If not this year, "it's almost 100 percent that soon in Okinawa, all around the world, we will have another mass bleaching event," the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University professor told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 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 last global mass bleaching event was declared in 2024.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The sun diluted their magic like bleaching a photograph.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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