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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiten.

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  • 'Lebanon', according to the Rabbis, is a cryptic name for the Temple, because its root letters form the word 'whiten': the Temple therefore "whitens" the nation's sins.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • 'Lebanon', according to the Rabbis, is a cryptic name for the Temple, because its root letters form the word 'whiten': the Temple therefore "whitens" the nation's sins.

    [christianity] is fair discussion possible [2] 2009

  • Salon. com: Publisher whitens another heroine of color.

    Bloomsbury Bumble « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • My favorite for a mixed bag of them old and young is to soak in salt water until meat whitens up, Salt and pepper roll in flour take a cast iron pot with oiland put a crust on them over med heatremove and throw in flour to make a roux after browning water it down and put the meat back inand let it rock until the gravy will stick to the wall.

    how to cook a squirrel? 2009

  • Salon. com: Publisher whitens another heroine of color.

    2010 February 05 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • It naturally and effectively whitens teeth without using titanium dioxide or sodium lauryl sulfate (a foaming agent).

    Avital Binshtock: Sage Brushing: Dentists Name Their Favorite Eco-Toothpastes Avital Binshtock 2010

  • The oil of roses develops after noon, and laughing bird, or speckled moth I am that fabulous bird that whitens with age, after only once having smelled the moon.

    the human prairies walk Jerry Ratch 2011

  • My favorite for a mixed bag of them old and young is to soak in salt water until meat whitens up, Salt and pepper roll in flour take a cast iron pot with oiland put a crust on them over med heatremove and throw in flour to make a roux after browning water it down and put the meat back inand let it rock until the gravy will stick to the wall.

    how to cook a squirrel? 2009

  • You must also consider her background – that old adage “wealth ‘whitens’” holds true.

    Ask Evangeline | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • It naturally and effectively whitens teeth without using titanium dioxide or sodium lauryl sulfate (a foaming agent).

    Avital Binshtock: Sage Brushing: Dentists Name Their Favorite Eco-Toothpastes Avital Binshtock 2010

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