shiny
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When Griffin decided to jump into the video talk show arena, she initially thought she’d need a whole shiny studio before shooting the first episode in her living room.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
And it was not until the 1990s that her vivid patterns, bold floral shapes and shiny steel orbs hit the mainstream, later providing the backdrop to countless selfies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Parton said she felt better in bright colours and shiny clothes on stage: "You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap"
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“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
As he did so, his boot kicked a pebble from the ledge, and it fell to the shiny black floor.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
For a while this summer, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were in the doldrums, eclipsed by the shinier lights of surging artificial-intelligence stocks and prediction markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
Lured by a better price and shinier features, Riverside, Inyo and Monterey counties made the switch to Genasys after spending about a year testing, debugging and training staff on the software.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025
Her animation was exaggerated, as though a bigger smile and a quicker laugh, each ego-burnish shinier than the last, would ensure that Chief would help them.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Letterboxd Journal would be replaced by the advertorial “journalism” of Netflix Tudum, or lame writing about the library of films currently available on whichever streamer or studio makes the shiniest offer.
From Salon ● Jul. 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
Sarah Krieger recently got the shiniest gold star at work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
He travelled to matches at home and abroad, from the grassroots to the shiniest showcases.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
The beautiful woman who cleaned the ladies’ toilet was Ghanaian, about his age, with the shiniest dark skin he had ever seen.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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