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“Just like tea, it will bleach and turn yellow — and people say it might also get an off-flavor — if exposed to sunlight,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

Foley will bleach his beard and wear a yak-haired wig in December for a group called Christmas Magic, which provides holiday generosity and spirit to those less fortunate.

From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2014

Without algae, a coral will bleach and die.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 17, 2014

John Bruno, a marine ecologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, says it's hard to tell which corals will bleach in the future.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 10, 2011

The chrome process of bleaching palm oil is more rapid and the oxygen thus derived being more active will bleach oils which air alone cannot.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.