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For Macron, the summit will be one of his last chances to burnish his international standing and promote his cherished idea of European strategic autonomy before he leaves office next year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

For Delhi, the leadership summit will be important to further burnish its credentials as a growing geopolitical power, and it will want it to go ahead.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Curt Sampson’s book doesn’t look to burnish the institution: It provides a forensic examination of Augusta National’s past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Raja Qaiser Ahmed, a professor of international relations at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University, said Pakistan's robust military responses in both conflicts helped burnish its regional credentials.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

I sensed her weakness and spent most of class coming up with creative ways to burnish my status as class clown.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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

Having the participation of artists such as Kesha, Zedd, and Deadmaus further burnishes its music cred and dangles other lures for viewers to grab onto, even those who aren't kids and don't have them.

From Salon ● May 10, 2023

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

The arrival of L’Avant-Garde raises the game for the French competition and burnishes the constellation of stars.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

Activity is the rubbing paper that scours the rust from the soul and burnishes her to a new shine.

From Stories from the Old Attic by Harris, Robert A.

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

Initial public euphoria over Pakistan's image being burnished on the global stage has begun to give way to fraying patience after weeks of stop-start restrictions around Islamabad.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

LOS ANGELES—State Farm has burnished its reputation as the country’s largest home and auto insurer with its “good neighbor” slogan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

To many, the sight of Paul being clapped into cuffs may have even burnished her renegade image.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

His braid was black and shiny, his skin as dark as burnished copper, his eyes the shape of bitter almonds.

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

He rose through the ranks, burnishing his credentials by leading a campaign battling an ethnic rebel insurrection around crucial trade crossings with China.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

For Sir Keir Starmer, both on and off camera, this all amounts to invaluable face time with Trump, even sharing a lift on Air Force One, burnishing a relationship as solid as it is improbable.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

I stood at the window to admire the sunlight slanting over the golf course, and burnishing the bare trees on the distant hills.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan