bleached

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Returning to Sausalito, the team passed bleached whale bones on an Angel Island beach, a grim reminder of what they were up against.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Retinal cells at the back of the eyes which detect the light can get bleached, and take a while to recover.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 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

It was her first day back, and she had just walked through a sea of scorched Joshua trees rising from blackened earth, their dagger-like leaves bleached an unhealthy yellow.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Near them, half-moon lobster traps bleached under the heat of the sun, the salt dried to white streaks along their boards, their rope netting stiff and a bit ragged.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt