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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

Clark said Anthropic's motivation for publicly discussing the growing capability of AI technology is not to further burnish its reputation with paying customers.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 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 arrival of L’Avant-Garde raises the game for the French competition and burnishes the constellation of stars.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

I like to see your hair when the sun burnishes it.”

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe

Director Metz and his cinematographer, Yves Bélanger, give the university the kind of burnished look familiar to Ivy League memoir films, but that’s something of a setup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

The wolf’s cold yellow eyes softened to a burnished gold.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

It is criticism like this, though, that make the resolution of the Thai-Cambodia war a rare win for Asean, with Trump's visit burnishing that success.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

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

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick