patina
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In response, the AGs claim these tools were intended to provide a patina of safety but didn’t stop compulsive use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Family, friends and neighbors filled the frames with dancing and dominoes; their apartments painted in shades of mint, butter yellow and palomino pink, flecked with a patina cultivated by humidity and time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Each turnover being a rare event, most every fresh host has been greeted with a chorus of “Who? What? Why?” before time accords the newcomer a patina of inevitability.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
“Overcleaning can remove patina, soften detail and reduce value — particularly for antique pieces. When in doubt, leave it as is,” said Emily Otranto, lead researcher with M.S.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
It was a sow, not a boar, and under a patina of mud it was the pink of a domestic pig, not the brown bristle of a wild one.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
At his Paris studio, Saint-Gaudens began pumping out scaled-down versions, each about 2½ feet tall and in a choice of different bronze patinas — black, green, golden brown — to meet customer demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
He has always been partial to chalky patinas and his houses are full of classical references, natural light and antiques.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021
Still fresh in Ms. Eisenman’s mind are her striving beginnings, working in jobs like painting patinas on headboards at a bed factory in Newark and murals in hotel lobbies.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2015
Fashionable homes across the country began sprouting lichened stone urns and zinc-top pedestal tables bearing sun-bleached patinas.
From Architectural Digest ● Mar. 18, 2015
Where I remembered patinas of green mold there was wallpaper and wainscoting and cheerful shades of paint.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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