A person's reputation can be greatly burnished or tarnished depending on how the media chooses to cover them.
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Burnished
Synonyms for "burnished" (22 found)
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The frame of burnish'd steel, that cast a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
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The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
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Henchmen had placed, as was their habit, each warrior's gear and trappings above his pile of skins. Thus you could see the burnished helmet of each warrior set in readiness above his head. It was the Viking habit.
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