Sentence examples for being whitewashed from inspiring English sources

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He then withdrew his support because he believed that the wartime apathy of Jewish organizations was being whitewashed.

They at least avoided the ignominy of being whitewashed by NRL opposition for a second straight year courtesy of two well-taken tries from the centre Dominique Peyroux.

In Nairobi, there were accusations that the capital was being whitewashed in a last-minute attempt to clean-up the streets for his trip.

But even as they were being whitewashed in India during October, there was evidence that shrewd management of young cricketers is paying dividends.

"The time for reflection is not now," Flower said as he surveyed the wreckage of England's second consecutive mauling, which has left them needing a result on their least productive Australian ground to avoid surrendering the Ashes in the same tame manner as in 2006, when they lost the urn after the third Test in Perth and ended up being whitewashed.

And you'd be right: that story permeated the noise of the everyday news cycle because roles written for Asian actors are few and far between in Hollywood, and here was an obvious example of one being whitewashed for the convenience of the studio - in this case, apparently to stop the Chinese government throwing a wobbler.

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The walls were whitewashed.

They will be whitewashed.

Houses in hot climates have been whitewashed for centuries.

For things to be whitewashed just doesn't make sense".

Critics of the Banda government expect the case to be whitewashed.

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