dishwater
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With its slow pacing, shaky handheld cameras, dishwater cinematography and unnervingly extreme closeups, it feels more like an intense indie drama than a whimsical tale of a robber with a peculiar M.O.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Poultry feathers littered the filthy floor, which was also dripping with animal blood and dirty dishwater.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2023
From their desks, nearly 30 stories off the ground, they watched as the sky transformed from hazy, slate blue in the morning to dirty, dishwater gray at noon.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
She also plugs her sink’s disposal and uses the accumulated dishwater to run it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2021
Her enemy had a face: ugly dishwater eyes and cratered skin, with a few limp locks of hair floating around her cheeks.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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