whiten
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For example, you can whiten teeth with a single tap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Their interlocking hands whiten as their grip tightens and Neta recalls what happened next.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
The cream, which contained ingredients to whiten the skin of European women, was sold off by the house and sed to create the skincare company of the same name.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
And salon services to whiten a naturally brown beard aren’t cheap.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
“For instance, did you know that the ancient Romans used bottles of urine as a refreshing oral rinse? They thought the ammonia in urine would disinfect mouths and whiten teeth.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Maybe I’ll still be kept warm by my summer odyssey come December, when frost whitens the lawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
According to Greene’s tweet, the premium retouching option costs $11.99 and "whitens teeth, evens skin tone and removed blemishes and scars."
From Fox News ● Nov. 2, 2021
Poach fish gently in oil until it fully whitens and flakes easily, about 5 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2018
It pulls the debris out of the mouth, cleans and whitens teeth.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016
Condemn it because it sends down stifling darkness, sucks the life from grass, and whitens the sapling leaf for trifling, fluttering friends?
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Wash the navy beans and run hot water through them until they are slightly whitened.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
This causes visible whitened patches or blotches that are prone to sun damage.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2023
More common, however, are rough-edge rectangles made of brawny pencil strokes and dynamic cross-hatching and sometimes whitened by erasures and abrasions.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
When the newly whitened Max — who now goes by Matthew Fisher — abandons Harlem for Atlanta, Buni and another friend, Agamemnon, show up at the train depot, hoping to convince him to stay.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Frost formed on the windowpanes and whitened the roofs of houses.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
While chemical whitening products are widely used, they can sometimes harm tooth enamel.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
At the import expo, it showcased a new whitening toothpaste for the Chinese market, developed at Crest’s Beijing research institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
A BBC undercover journalist approached salons and agreed to meet and purchase the whitening kits.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
In food, calcium phosphate is used as a whitening agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
He was leaning forward and already the salt was whitening his body.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
