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Sunny Pal, who runs Astella Jewellery in Birmingham, said that the scams damaged the reputation of the city's Jewellery Quarter and tarnished the hard work of local businesses.

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But the racist and misogynistic behaviour highlighted in our film shows that the problems which have tarnished the Met's reputation in the past had not gone away.

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For the pilots who flew it, the MiG‑21's tarnished reputation in later years is undeserved.

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The new vessel will be smaller and far less complex than the two gas-powered ships which have tarnished its reputation.

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Yet before the ink on the agreement had dried Angel City was already tarnishing what it should have been cheering.

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