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blemish, darken, mar, poison, spoil, stain, taint, touch, vitiate
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Some foods will tarnish silver. The scandal tarnished his reputation.Noun
a polish that removes tarnish
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This stretched well beyond Canseco and McGwire, the Bash Brothers later tarnished by baseball’s steroid scandal. — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, "A’s reunion celebrates ’89 title, mourns Bob Welch, Dave Henderson, Tony Phillips," 23 Aug. 2019 An ode and a cinematic apology to a country perennially tarnished by outsiders undeserving of its welcoming culture, here its people and geographical attributes take top billing. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Jirga’ asks if atonement for war sins is possible," 1 Aug. 2019 Benfey recalls that a friend warned him that writing a book about Kipling could be career suicide, since he might be tarnished by association. — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, "Rudyard Kipling loved Vermont. Then he had to leave it.," 15 July 2019 Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize-winning leader of Myanmar, who has seen her image deeply tarnished by her government's reaction to the crisis, defended its actions again earlier this week, saying Rohingya militants remained a serious threat. — Fox News, "A year later, fractured Rohingya community sees little hope," 24 Aug. 2018 Health concerns with Ford and Bosa shouldn’t tarnish this unit’s potential to upgrade the pass rush. — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, "49ers roster projection: Who is today’s best, 53-man unit?," 12 Aug. 2019 Participation in the group could tarnish Coca-Cola and Pepsi's images as companies working to find solutions to plastic pollution. — Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, "Coke and Pepsi abandon the plastics lobby," 30 July 2019 Such exposés tarnish the whole community, and are regarded by many as washing the community’s dirty linen in public. — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, "The Little King," 22 July 2019 The murder tarnished the crown prince's international standing. — NBC News, "Pompeo visits Saudi, but no word on whether he'll bring up Khashoggi killing," 24 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Try baking soda: For heavier tarnish, mix three parts baking soda to one part water. — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, "How to Clean Your Jewelry Like a Pro," 7 May 2019 With the pendant's many curves and ridges, cleaning off a bit of tarnish is more difficult than preventing it in the first place. — Alyssa Haak, Marie Claire, "The Item I Wear to Death: My Vintage Kale Necklace," 17 Apr. 2019 Boeing’s stock has been battered as investors fret about the company’s liability for a system possibly tripped up by a single point of failure — the sensor reading — along with tarnish to the 737 brand. — Mary Schlangenstein, The Seattle Times, "Boeing to hold global conference call with airlines that fly 737 MAX model that was involved in crash," 20 Nov. 2018 For heavier tarnish, mix a paste of three parts baking soda to one part water. — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, "How to Clean Silver and Prevent Tarnish," 20 Nov. 2018 Rub the mixture on your copper item in circular motions and repeat until the entire surface is tarnish-free. — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, "How to Clean Copper and Make It Shine Like New Again," 4 May 2018 The Swedish Academy won’t name a Nobel laureate in literature this year, depriving the book industry of one of its main annual promotional events, and acknowledging the tarnish on the highest honor in letters. — Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ, "Swedish Academy Won’t Award Nobel Prize in Literature This Year," 4 May 2018 For heavier tarnish, mix three parts baking soda to one part water. Wet the silver and apply the cleaner with a soft, lint-free cloth. — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, "How to Clean Every Type of Jewelry," 9 Mar. 2018 But the flood of bad news has put a serious tarnish on the brand just as key competitors like Hyundai, Volkswagen, General Motors and others start bringing their own long-range models to market. — NBC News, "Tesla recalls almost half the cars it ever built, as shares tank and Musk's billions shrink," 30 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tarnish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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