shiny
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“Look at my shiny things. Don’t they make me look tough? Don’t they make me look pretty? Look again, but don’t touch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But it is Philippa Northeast as Sybylla who is the shiny thing from which we cannot avert our eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
It helps that Early’s vision of our media-steeped contemporary lives sees through the shiny, digital facade.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
I’m back from a matrimonial break with a pep in my step and a shiny new ring on my finger.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
I realize now that his eyes weren’t merely glassy from drink downstairs but shiny from tears.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Ormat’s market cap is modest compared with shinier energy upstarts, at around $8 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
The original’s Cylons were the show’s answer to George Lucas’ stormtroopers in “Star Wars,” only shinier, with sinister red lights roving back and forth where their eyes should be.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
After volatile recent days, following record highs for silver, precious metals started the new year on a bright note with gold up 0.64 percent per ounce and silver 1.5 percent shinier.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
Shanghai was at the heart of it - bigger, shinier and trendier than any other Chinese city.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Private credit was the shiniest thing on Wall Street for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Today, these centres are the shiniest parts of India's red-hot economy but not everyone has been able to enjoy the boom times as opportunities remain uneven.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
He travelled to matches at home and abroad, from the grassroots to the shiniest showcases.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
The shiniest of them is deGrom, the 34-year-old right-hander with a lively 99-mph fastball and 93-mph wipeout slider who signed a five-year, $185-million deal in December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
The man sitting next to her on the plane, across the aisle, had the shiniest darkest ebony complexion she had ever seen.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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