whitewashed

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Estrada disagrees with calls to completely remove Chavez from murals, and thinks they should be renovated and updated rather than "whitewashed".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story, if you’ll pardon the pun there. And that’s wrong.”

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The defeat was India's fourth at home in six Tests having been whitewashed by New Zealand 3-0 last year.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

The 1880s Artillery Officer Quarters, for example, have been restored and brilliantly whitewashed as the swank Capella Hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

The door dings open, the familiar hallways whizz by, everything seeming too bright, too whitewashed to make out specifics.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott