Definition, Betydelse & Synonymer | Engelska ordet WHITEWASH

Definition av WHITEWASH

1. vitmena, vitkalka, kalka (en vägg)
2. (bildligt) skönmåla, försköna (en obehaglig sanning)

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• Early advantages for the settlement were fertile soils and the limestone formations that were mined for the manufacture of mortar, plaster and whitewash.
• The main body of the book treats Florida's creative class theory in an introductory and neutral tone, but in a theoretical "postscript" chapter, the author criticizes what he describes as Florida's tendency to "whitewash" the negative externalities associated with creative city development.
• Greenwashing (a compound word modeled on "whitewash"), also called green sheen, is a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly.
• Sympathetic to McCarthyism, Dondero claimed that American liberals had been responsible for a "whitewash" over the Amerasia affair.
• Spraying paint with compressed air can be traced back to its use on the Southern Pacific Railroad in the early 1880s In 1887 Joseph Binks, the maintenance supervisor at Chicago's Marshall Field's Wholesale Store developed a hand-pumped cold-water paint spraying machine to apply whitewash to the subbasement walls of the store.
• Pallister criticized this review as "little more than a whitewash", and argued that the auditors failed to include numerous ambiguous expenses.
• The club made it to the final of the 2005-06 Top 14, and despite only trailing Biarritz 9–6 at half time, Toulouse could not prevent a second-half whitewash, eventually going down 40–13.
• Inside, the lath-and-plaster ceilings were taken out but the timber roof of the aisle was preserved; whitewash and white paint were removed, the box pews were replaced by oak ones based on the design of two which had survived from the 16th century, and a stone pulpit and an oak roodloft were installed.
• Left-wing parties, however, accused Vox of attempting to "whitewash Francoism" by associating Sanz Briz's actions with the Franco regime.
• Criticism was levelled at her from both party critics and loyalists, with the former claiming she was involved in a whitewash, and the latter claiming she was underhandedly promoting controversial Senate reform.
• Amnesty International and 16 other human rights and community organisations announced they would boycott the review in protest at the appointment of William Shawcross as its chairman as they feared a "whitewash" because of his perceived anti-Muslim political positions.
• As with freemasonry in other countries, the United Grand Lodge of England has featured as the subject of Masonic conspiracy theories; the most persistent of these attempts to link freemasonry to a "cover-up" or whitewash of the Jack the Ripper case (in some cases, conspiracy theorists have claimed that the killings were masonic ritual murder), the inquiry into the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (though Lord Mersey, Sydney Buxton and Lord Pirrie), and Bloody Sunday (though Lord Widgery).
• At the 2004 World Matchplay, Part began with a 10–0 whitewash of Colin Monk in the first round, and then beat Bob Anderson in the second round, where Part survived four match darts against him and eventually won in a tiebreak by 17–15.
• Tkachuk was involved in the Canadian Senate expenses scandal, serving as one of a three-member senate committee whose report was accused of seeking to whitewash Duffy's fallacious claims for living expenses.
• Whitewash was a mixture of lime and water which was brushed on the interior surfaces of partition walls; stucco was a longer-lasting, viscous blend of aggregate (in this case, sand) and whitewash, applied to the faces of load-bearing walls with a paleta (trowel).
• " Republicans responded in kind, with William Jenner stating that Tydings was guilty of "the most brazen whitewash of treasonable conspiracy in our history.
• Carl Stokes and many African American community leaders called the grand jury report a whitewash designed to insulate and absolve the Locher administration.
• Coached by rookie coach Paul Vautin, and with a bunch of untried players thanks to not being able to call upon their usual Origin and test stars (mostly from the SL aligned Brisbane Broncos), Qld were not given any chance of defeating the Blues (who could still call on a number of experienced Origin and test players), but came away with a 3–0 whitewash for their first series win since 1991.
• Two losses against the Kiwis in Auckland and Christchurch were book-ended by defeats against Tonga in Hamilton and Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby The whitewash attracted criticism from the British rugby league press, with the future viability of the team called into question.
• 2000 saw him score a try in Australia's 52–0 thrashing of New Zealand in the ANZAC Test, but after being sent off in the opening State of Origin match for verbally abusing referee Bill Harrigan, Tallis suffered the ignominy of a whitewash defeat (his public admission that the 'dead' third match of the series should be cancelled was a momentary lapse in judgment that may have indirectly contributed to the Blues' 56–16 win).

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