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Veteran Hollywood director Woody Allen is shooting his latest film on the streets of Madrid as the Spanish capital seeks to burnish its status as a global cinema hub.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

She argues that city deputies typically resolve cases for a fraction of the cost of hired guns, and her leading role in California’s globally watched Meta suit may help burnish those claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A celebrated army soprano and national household name, Peng helped burnish Xi’s public profile as he reached the pinnacle of power in late 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The event is also an opportunity for Canada to burnish its reputation as a good place to do business after years of lagging investment performance.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

It’s a glorious evening, warm but not too close, the sun starting its lazy descent, shadows lengthening and the light just beginning to burnish the trees with gold.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

A trade deal would be a huge relief but even without that, a US presidential visit after nearly a decade burnishes Xi's message – that China is open for business and to the world.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Villains who get away with their crimes can become heroes, their sins remade to reflect the independent streak that burnishes our identity.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024

Brazil has approved the cultivation and sale of drought-tolerant genetically modified wheat, a major boost for the once taboo crop as global food supply fears and regional dry weather burnishes the lure of GMO.

From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2023

Greg Kot burnishes his “dad-rock daily newspaper critic credentials.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2021

This he tells, this he brindles and burnishes on a' winter's eves, 'tis his star of set glory, his rejuvenescence to descant upon.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb

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

It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

He may have lost some mainstream acceptance and his FX series, but has since lined his bank account and burnished his career quite handsomely.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

A coppersmith had fashioned her a suit of burnished rings to wear to war.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

He lost the use of his right hand after a bombing in 1981, burnishing his credentials as a Shia revolutionary who has known sacrifice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

And all were endorsed by Zohran Mamdani, the city’s Democratic Socialist mayor, burnishing his kingmaker bona fides.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

Even the youngest boys at Page were expected to evaluate their own performances honorably and honestly, and, according to one burnishing newspaper account, to realize “what it means to be ‘the captain of his soul.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

He understood the role of the press in communicating the Fed’s thinking and in burnishing his reputation.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

The light shifted during the afternoon and cascaded through the clean windows, burnishing the room with gold.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick