washout

Example Sentences

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Following a washout period, they consumed a low-carotenoid tomato juice for another four weeks.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Sri Lanka were left on the brink after being blasted out for 95 against England to lose by 51 runs a day after New Zealand and Pakistan took a point each from a washout.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Scotland face a washout of a Six Nations campaign after suffering a dispiriting opening loss to Italy in rain-soaked Rome.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Stocks may stage a tepid recovery from Tuesday’s Greenland-inspired washout, but anxiety remains high as President Trump arrives in Davos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

By the time we reached the washout, Grandpa was fully conscious again, and was mumbling and grumbling.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls