burnished
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The film is burnished throughout with split panels to accentuate the party’s animated cross talk, peppered with excerpts from one-on-one interviews that William filmed later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
A roast chicken can be imagined burnished and fragrant, surrounded by little potatoes, perhaps with thyme involved.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
It also burnished the reputation of its low-key Northern Irish chief designer, 41, who was appointed almost exactly a year ago with the task of modernising all of Dior's fashion lines.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
His comfortable win, in a district where Reform won recent local elections, burnished his credentials as the right man to take on Farage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
In their hands were tall spears of ash, painted shields were slung at their backs, long swords were at their belts, their burnished shirts of mail hung down upon their knees.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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