bleached
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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
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
She has bleached blond hair, brown eyes and no tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025
At the end of its own cul-de-sac, it was a large modern house of the “architectural” sort, bleached cedar, its split levels and asymmetrical terraces self-consciously bare.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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