whitewashing

Example Sentences

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When the New York Times profiled Ms. Rodríguez as a “moderate,” a backlash erupted: Thousands on X ridiculed the paper for whitewashing her bloodstained record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

And I agree with Coates when he criticized Klein for whitewashing Charlie Kirk’s legacy, and agree that while we should not celebrate a person’s death, we also shouldn’t paper over who they were in life.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

Rewriting and whitewashing the past, whether of a nation or its leaders, is standard operating procedure.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

He has, for example, written on Bulgaria whitewashing its role in the atrocity.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Some convicts were whitewashing stones along the edge of a pathway that came toward the gate near where he stood.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong