bleach
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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
She said the overflowing and soiled bathrooms were so disgusting that she had to use the little money she had on her to purchase bleach and disinfectants for her family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
He became known for his love of hygiene, which won him work promoting bleach.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Investigators also found broken glass scattered through the home, a shattered microwave, and bleach wipes and spray bottles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
The first stop was an enormous stainless-steel tub filled with a solution of diluted bleach.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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“When someone has the yeast infection on their skin, the skin often bleaches temporarily.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
If your husband won’t take this responsibility, if instead he dumps the anxiety on you, then that’s what needs attention — not the specifics of who bleaches the house.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022
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
Like Dad, he wears his hair long; sunlight bleaches it blond.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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
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
Linda Harman, an independent councillor on Ashford Borough Council said the site "completely bleached the sky".
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Kate heard about it from Ethel, and she confronted him in the kitchen where he was kneading bread, his hairy big arms floured to the elbows and his hands yeast bleached.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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But the arrival of a very strong El Nino could bring a return to more widespread bleaching -- including in Florida's waters.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 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
Wildfires, floods, melting ice caps, heat waves, the bleaching of ocean reefs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
The rain and wind were overtaking her, rubbing away the details of her legs; the sun was bleaching her hooves into faint outlines, merging into the cliff.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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