burnish

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

Again, they know that they can burnish their reputation, maybe get an appointment at a better law school, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026

Zhang, who teaches students to race at a track on the outskirts of the city, hopes tourism will further burnish the city's biker reputation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Burns helped burnish Gannon’s credentials, personally telling the prince that the operative was the American in the room as Israel negotiated with Hamas to release its hostages in the aftermath of the Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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

In exchange, the work burnishes the firm’s reputation and serves as a draw for idealistic young associates.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2025

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 persistent lie that he hadn’t been to the kennels that night burnishes the state’s case, given irrefutable evidence that he was, in fact, there.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 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 Robert A. Harris

Over a monthslong process, she burnished a 3-foot-long panel to the mirror-like clarity of stainless steel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

A roast chicken can be imagined burnished and fragrant, surrounded by little potatoes, perhaps with thyme involved.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Jones manages his superb cast with aplomb and cinematographer Wyatt Garfield evocatively captures lower Manhattan’s wintry, burnished glow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

In Sabina Hahn’s spare, watercolor illustrations, the pickle is a burnished emerald green with round eyes and no mouth—which makes it all the more remarkable when it begins to speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The colors of the hulls became clear: whites, reds, yellows, greens and one burnished mahogany.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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

But by not insisting on cabinet positions in return for their votes in parliament, the People's Party allowed Anutin to fill his cabinet with capable technocrats, burnishing his credentials as a can-do leader.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 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

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

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick