bleached
Example Sentences
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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
"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
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
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
On the ground at the base of the pole were bleached fragments of mullet skeletons that had been picked clean and discarded by the birds.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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