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whitewash

verb as in cover up the truth

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However, Henry Newman, a former adviser to Conservative ministers who now writes about Whitehall, said the review was "always going to be something of a whitewash".

From BBC

Critics see this policy proposal as an effort to whitewash history, limit diverse perspectives and shut down discussion of controversial topics.

“President Aliyev isn’t connected with climate change, but he's looking for COP29 as a unique opportunity to whitewash and greenwash himself, his toxic image,” he said.

From BBC

The terrorist organizations that Coates whitewashes or ignores openly and proudly insist that they want Israel destroyed.

At most historical museums in the U.S., he said, “It’s the white people’s history of that area,” omitting much and perhaps whitewashing much else.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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