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The white station building was untouched as was a red firefighting truck and small helicopter parked in front of the building.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Davis admitted 1,232 fewer Californians, including fewer Black, Latino, white and Asian students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Footage of the shopping centre showed white smoke rising as people ran into the car park.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Paxton led among white voters, 53% to 33%.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
The animal’s fur was long and thick, each symmetrical marking the blackest black and the whitest white.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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“As a result of that, there were a lot of whites who didn’t like that—at all.”
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bake for another 7 to 10 minutes, until the egg whites are set and the yolks are cooked to your liking.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The American South in the 1950s might not have been a global melting pot, but black people had been around as long as whites and were as American as anybody else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In other words, finding a young shark could suggest that great whites are not simply passing through Mediterranean waters.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
While the two policemen argued, a group sprang to action, blacks and whites together, diving into the water to find Eugene.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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Other proposed methods include squirting aerosols into the atmosphere or using microbubbles to make the ocean whiter.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
After 12 hours, they were nearly 50% whiter than similar teeth brushed with a saline solution.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
A banner ad for a bottle of Tide’s laundry detergent most recently spotted by Yoder blasted out the message: “Boosted: Cleaner, whiter, brighter, fresher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Firstly, they are two to three times as bright as traditional halogens, and their "colour temperature" is bluer and whiter, which mimics natural daylight.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
But the relevant point about Holly is that she is visibly unwell—possibly whiter, on a daily basis, than anyone else in the state.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Pike County, in Kentucky's fifth congressional district, is the whitest and second poorest district in the nation.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
The whitest layer the furthest away from the ground is regarded as safer to consume.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
This innovation was derived from the intricate biological structure of Cyphochilus, the whitest known beetle.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
In 2021, Guinness declared it the whitest paint ever, and it has since collected several awards.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
But one day, she couldn’t stop staring, and soon, the girl, who was the whitest thing on the trolley, caught her.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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We always feel when something's been whited out because someone didn't understand or translate the culture.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
Photos show the reference was first whited out, then a laminated description without the sentence was taped over the original placard.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
Sometimes he whited them out completely with gouache.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2019
Everything is whited out at first, as if I’ve taken off my sunglasses on a glaringly bright day.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2018
Outside, the sky had whited over with clouds, and shine spilled across the surfaces, sending motes before my eyes.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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The wild fish studied included Pacific and Peruvian anchoveta, and Atlantic herring, mackerel, sprat and blue whiting -- which are all marketed and consumed as seafood.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
The species that are most frequently parasitised include salmon, tuna, squid, cod, hake, mackerel, mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting, sardines and anchovies.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2023
They visited the Penguins' Rock enclosure - which is home to gentoo, rockhopper and king penguins - and fed the residents with blue whiting from a bucket.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2022
The mass of blue whiting, a subspecies of cod used in the manufacturing of fish fingers, fish oil and other products, covered a surface of nearly 32,300 square feet, the nonprofit said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
People would come up the path to the house with bags of fresh-caught shrimp or a bushel of snapping blue crabs or a few whiting just off the fishing pole.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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