Example Sentences

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In its Wednesday reply, Parler said Amazon had whitewashed that timeline.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2021

Speaking afterwards, the ambassador declared the case a “gross provocation” which would hurt bilateral relations, adding that the inquiry had whitewashed the incompetence of Britain’s spy agencies.

From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2016

In e-mailed responses, however, at least two committee members claimed that the leaders had whitewashed a process that felt secretive and rushed, leaving them uncomfortable with the university’s selection of Hermann.

From New York Times • May 30, 2013

The Rococo Revival suite would originally have been lined in fashionably loud wallpaper, but Modernist-leaning curators had whitewashed it before it came to the museum from Saratoga Springs.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2012

However, his path lay straight before him, and if the, old lady had whitewashed it to make it more distinct, he did not intend to refuse to walk in it.

From The Late Mrs. Null by Stockton, Frank Richard