whitewash
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Though Kemp, whose last international appearance came during the 2025 Ashes whitewash, will not bowl in the 50-over series against New Zealand that begins on Sunday, she has been bowling in practice since January.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
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 • Mar. 4, 2026
“Because them trying to whitewash the investigation into the death of Keith Porter is a nonstarter. We’re not going to allow that to happen.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
The series gives Pakistan another T20 whitewash of Australia, following a 2–0 victory in 2010 and a 3–0 sweep in 2018, providing a timely boost ahead of next week's T20 World Cup.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
She went back to eating earth and the whitewash on the walls with the avidity of previous days, and she sucked her finger with so much anxiety that she developed a callus on her thumb.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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