as in recoils
to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust
she blenched from the horrible sight
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as in bleaches
to make white or whiter by removing color
we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look
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Looking through scans from his first VIBE story from back in 2012, Rocky laughs at first, then immediately recoils.
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While JoAnne recoils from Duncan’s machinations, her son Orson finally bottoms out in the supplement pit of the manosphere.
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His owner, Hannah Gleason from Oklahoma, told Newsweek that the merle gene isn’t a coloring gene rather than a gene that bleaches the fur and causes lack of pigmentation which can lead to birth defects, blindness, deafness, or sometimes all three.
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Advertisement Throughout the narrative, Johnson never flinches in his portrayal of the wreck, unleashing footage of investigators approaching the car and the victims’ families.
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DiVincenzo never flinches at adversity.
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But with parking spaces costing thousands of dollars apiece — one transportation cost analysis put the land-and-construction cost of a surface parking space at about $8,000 in 2022 dollars — the incentive to design bigger spaces quickly fades.
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Then again later, because the panic fades before anything gets built.
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The slot formerly occupied by Milli Vanilli will be taken by a dog whistle, being blown into the microphone very loudly so that everyone winces and covers their ears.
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Duncan winces, then again attempts to change the subject.
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The acid help brightens your food.
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Joined by its fellow soft herb pals, oregano and chives, basil brightens up this easy cheese spread.
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“Blenches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blenches. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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