bleached
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The section “Skeletal Embodiment,” in which all the featured garments and objects are shades of bleached bone, blanched coral and fossil gray, is simultaneously prehistoric and futuristic—a realm of deep time in both directions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
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
The afternoon was bleached hot white, hotter and whiter for Dicey with Sammy on her back.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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