blanched
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To prepare the samples, potatoes were rinsed, peeled, cut into strips, blanched, and salted.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
I attended a gathering of diplomats, journalists and scholars, and they had blanched faces as they discussed what it means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
To Carter’s displeasure, even they blanched at his desire to do it in less than 90 days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
But then Ms. Mollenkott, who had been living as a closeted lesbian, shared her secret with Ms. Scanzoni and watched with horror as her writing partner blanched with shock.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Our gruesome repast was completed in two or three minutes; at which point, Bono asked, in a voice abruptly blanched, “Where’s Clippinger?”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
