burnished
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Burnished by Evan Prosofsky’s painterly cinematography, “The Legend of Ochi” is a beautiful case for the tactile spectacle of puppetry as maybe the most intimate enchantment tool.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
Burnished as a well-baked loaf of bread, the deeply savory crust on a piece of pollo a la brasa gives way to tender meat.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021
Several species new to Cornwall were spotted in the county, and it was also a record year for numbers of some scarce migrant species such as Crimson Speckled, Slender Burnished Brass and Scar Bank Gem.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
Burnished, lattice-topped pies bursting with cranberries and cinnamon apples; tender Hungarian coffee cakes with sweet crumble roofs; minty bricks of dense, luscious fudge.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2020
They think the soldiers are a cleanly type, For all their brass is bright with elbow-fat, Burnished their bayonets and oiled their hyp; Do they suppose they always look like that?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CL, April 26, 1916 by Various
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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The Time Machine
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