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bleach

[bleech] / blitʃ /


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In a sport full of elaborate buzz cuts and eye-searing bleach jobs, the striking blond mane, pulled into a tight bun, became one of the enduring images of the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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

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

Lilya was an eccentric beauty, a petite blonde who regularly sent her aircraft mechanic to pick up peroxide from a nearby hospital so she could bleach her hair.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

“When someone has the yeast infection on their skin, the skin often bleaches temporarily.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

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

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

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

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

Then I went through another breakup and shaved my head and bleached it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"If you're being bleached before you've even recovered and been able to produce juveniles again, then that's only a downwards trajectory from there," said Oakley.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The cover art is based on the famous Mick Hudson photo, taken at Glastonbury festival in 1995, of Robbie with bleached blonde hair and a missing tooth.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026

A hand is being extended, and now I’m shaking that hand, and it belongs to a short, round woman with bleached yellow hair, warm eyes, and a crinkled-up face.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration believes that this fourth global coral bleaching event likely concluded in mid-2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

Hotter seas can have damaging knock-on effects on the planet, fuelling stronger storms and rainfall and bleaching coral reefs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Thick white smoke from the bleaching palm oil filled the kitchen, and in the stuffy mix of the fumes and heat and flies, I felt faint.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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