lacquer
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The Georgian-style, brick and stone home offers an array of gorgeous details, like glossy wood and stone floors, red lacquer walls in the formal dining room, and numerous fireplaces.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026
The barrels -- bound tightly with rope, their fabric skins stiffened and darkened with lacquer -- inevitably recall the Gulf's vast hydrocarbon wealth.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
For the dining room walls, eight Parisian artisans were flown in for months to achieve a Japanese-inspired lacquer finish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Instead, he seems as if he’s trying to lacquer on a veneer of righteousness to some very nasty business.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025
Brush, liquid polish, brash, paste wax, shine rag, lacquer sole dressing . . . step by step, Freddie showed me what to do.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Coating fossils with varnishes and/or lacquers was the norm in the past and sometimes is still necessary to preserve a fossil specimen in museum cabinets and exhibits.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Technological advancements have further opened up design possibilities, introducing unique materials such as flexible stone cladding, fingerprint-resistant matte lacquers, fluted wood veneers and lightweight metal paneling.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
More tangerine wedges cook alongside the bird in the same pan, their piths softening in the sauce that lacquers the bird.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
"Freddie was brilliant because he could score more with fewer tiles," Taylor said, but Brian May held the band's record for best word: "lacquers," with the Q on the triple points square.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2021
The strong odor of the colored lacquers can be smelled out on the sidewalk, even with the door shut.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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We love this lacquered green dial with diamond hour-markers and a Moonshine gold band, but there are many unique pairings to choose from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025
The listing adds, “The custom lacquered kitchen, finished in rich Aegean blue with bronze accents and Calacatta marble, is as functional as it is striking.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
And then there are the newer versions — birds brined in buttermilk or their skins lacquered to glossy, bronzed perfection.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
Onscreen, as Elena, Winslet is coifed and practically corseted into form-fitting skirt suits, with lacquered fake nails.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
When the front porch came into view, we saw an Edison Victrola with a flared horn lacquered and gilded.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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As I wrote in a recent article, I'm a proponent of lacquering bacon with the sweet-and-savory combo of maple syrup and white miso, which is the perfect complement to its salty, pork-y, smoky essence.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2023
He works on multiple tigers at a time and employs two or three people to help with sanding, lacquering and finishing tasks, he said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2022
“Manolo will be in the kitchen cooking his wonderful cuisine, and I’ll be in the larder, lacquering my Louis Vuitton cases with yacht varnish, bringing them to a high shine.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
“Manolo will be in the kitchen cooking his wonderful cuisine, and I’ll be in the larder, lacquering my Louis Vuitton cases with yacht varnish, bringing them to a high shine,” he tells me.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2020
Bridget sat on the toilet lid, lacquering her nails with ballet pink, the radio perched behind her on top of the tank.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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