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as in to varnish
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as in to paint
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Recent Examples of gild
Or, just gild the lily here and go for the surf and turf.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
Enter this gilded Charlotte Tilbury pencil, which checks both of Persico’s boxes and has a smooth, blendable texture that glides on without tugging.
—Jenny Berg, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2026
The figure would be flanked up top by two eagles and guarded at the base by four lions — all gilded.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Don Quixote is about refusing to see the world in its actual grubby reality; to rather gild it in the beauties of our own invention.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
Enter this gilded Charlotte Tilbury pencil, which checks both of Persico’s boxes and has a smooth, blendable texture that glides on without tugging.
—Jenny Berg, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2026
The figure would be flanked up top by two eagles and guarded at the base by four lions — all gilded.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Don Quixote is about refusing to see the world in its actual grubby reality; to rather gild it in the beauties of our own invention.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gild
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Although pest control companies offer lethal solutions such as carpenter bee traps or chemical treatments, the best way to keep carpenter bees from bugging you is using stained, sealed, varnished or treated wood in building projects.—
Sarah Linn
April 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bringing a top-tier women’s sports event to the country and having its citizens watch women compete represented an opportunity to varnish its human-rights record, which has been criticized by several organizations regarding its treatment of women.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Still, the official painted a picture of negotiations with Iran being in a much better place.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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The album features 13 songs on a split tracklist, styled after a vinyl or cassette tape, that paints a chronological narrative about the dismantling of a romantic relationship.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
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The order to whitewash America’s historic sites of anything less than rosy about the nation’s past has led to some predictable embarrassments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Please do not try to whitewash the history of this site.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discarded.—
Darleene Powells,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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Drawing upon Saidiya Hartman’s methodology of critical fabulation, Raphaël Barontini, Andrea Chung, Aline Motta, and Tshepiso Morop offer works that don’t so much reconstruct the truth as embroider the space around it with dreams of possibility.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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Islamic law requires the deceased to be buried as soon as possible, and ideally within 24 hours of death, but exceptions are allowed, for example in time of war.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 June 2026
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He’ll be buried there at the Imam Reza Shrine, considered the holiest place among Shiite devotees.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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In the bathroom, there are shuttered windows wreathed with Como silk and a luscious roll-top bath.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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On a hill wreathed in mist above the dark sea that runs between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, Ward and others crossed rugged farmland late on Tuesday night, carrying seven crates in silence by dim red torchlight.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The creamy, rich, and cheesy potato dish is perfect alongside a short stack of pancakes smothered in their addictive butter syrup.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
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One night in 1983, the two smothered Smith’s kitchen in corn kernels.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Sustainability is a priority at Sal Salis, with the 16 eco-luxury safari tents designed for minimal impact, just metres from the largest fringing reef in the world, its barefoot luxury as nature intended.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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An easy 10-minute swim will have you on the fringing reef, with slivers of multi-coloured fish, gliding turtles and epic coral formations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Gild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gild. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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