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as in to varnish
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as in to paint
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Recent Examples of gild
Everything was endlessly rewritten, re-recorded, tweaked, gilded and polished.
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Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Sunlight pierced the clouds, gilding the forested shoreline and Alpine pastures in honeyed light.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Whether gilded onto walls in European estates or woven through tapestries now hanging in museums, this symbol of luxury transmitted a message of nuanced taste and cultural awareness.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
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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The coarsest grades of steel wool can strip paint or varnish and remove rust from surfaces.—
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In Pasto, a community gathers around varnishing — from old trade networks between harvesters, carpenters, and varnishers to fairs where artisans demonstrate their craft.—
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During the week, Barton often painted an image of himself as more sinned against than sinning.—
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Asthma attacks, severe headaches and lesions on her arms and legs painted a mysterious picture for doctors, some of whom suggested the pain was all in her head.—
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In 2026, designers predict that what's underfoot will get darker and more colorful, rather than the light, whitewashed look that's on its way out.—
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How to Get Around The best way to experience Ostuni is by wandering through the maze of narrow, whitewashed alleyways in the historic old town.—
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Her 19th-century-style jacket was embroidered with a floral motif and was worn over a pair of light-wash straight jeans.—
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The Cotton Frise Knit Zip-Up Jacket is a deep brown sweater-like jacket with patches of both brands’ iconic logos on the front, and the subtle outline of a horse embroidered on the back.—
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The man stood there, his face wreathed in smoke from the cigarette between his lips.—
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In the low light, rocky walls loom, wreathed in fog from the hot water.—
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Medieval Europeans moved to England consistently A press release by the University of Cambridge continued that researchers studied more than 700 chemical signatures from the teeth of people buried in England between AD 400 and 1100.—
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He will be cremated, with his ashes buried next to his parents in Joliet, Osborne said.—
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But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.—
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Smooth finishes are going fringed; sharp angles are evolving into organic curves; neutral beiges and browns are being replaced with bold, vivid blues.—
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That is some smothering defense!—
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The matrilineal passage of power—made known by crying tears of blood—has been smothered and controlled by men, but thanks to their new abilities, the twins escape their mother and her malicious husband.—
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“Gild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gild. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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