whitewash
Example Sentences
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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
Littler did avoid the whitewash, with an ironic celebration showing he felt it was nothing more than a consolation.
From BBC
Sari Bashi, executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, a non-governmental organisation, accused the military of a whitewash.
From BBC
The blunt imposing tower, in the rear, is in fact a chapel, a soaring whitewashed space illuminated by its own skylight.
While the release of prisoners from the jail has been welcomed, some rights groups have described this move as an attempt to whitewash the facility's past.
From BBC
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