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  • verb Present participle of tarnish.

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Examples

  • And Republicans have been working so hard in tarnishing President Obamas image ..... they'll be crying in their beers tonight.

    CNN Poll of Polls: Obama approval holding steady 2009

  • The violent protestors are once again tarnishing an otherwise valid argument that "free trade" is politico-babble and simply rubbish.

    11/05/2005 2005

  • His ridiculous decision has given the judiciary a bad name tarnishing its reputation and ruining its image.

    Malaysia independent news 2009

  • His ridiculous decision has given the judiciary a bad name tarnishing its reputation and ruining its image.

    Malaysia independent news 2009

  • I did say that to deplore the soldiers in her wood "tarnishing" it "forever" seems somewhat ungrateful to these defenders of the realm she so "loved."

    Ikea People 2009

  • Tim CulpanEGYPTA Case for ReformThe case of Egyptian-American sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim has been a bone of contention between Egypt and the United States since Ibrahim was first convicted in 2001 of "tarnishing" the image of Egypt abroad and accepting foreign funds for election reform.

    Periscope 2007

  • I am sick and tired of people from her past "tarnishing" her image and "show boating" them selves and "profiting" from her deathreal loved ones greif-their loss-and use discussions/talks to help them threw it they don't make specticals of themselves on television-this baby is not a golden ticket-Anna would want her surrounded with positive influences and would protect her and have Howard protect her as he did Daniel.

    Anna Nicole Smith 2007

  • Stewardship Ontario apologized to consumers on Friday for confusion over the eco fees but shot back at Gerretsen for publicly "tarnishing" the agency with a letter earlier in the week demanding an audit and compliance program for retailers when that is beyond the agency's scope.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • Stewardship Ontario apologized to consumers on Friday for confusion over the eco fees but shot back at Gerretsen for publicly "tarnishing" the agency with a letter earlier in the week demanding an audit and compliance program for retailers when that is beyond the agency's scope.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • Kim called the border closing an act "tarnishing" trust between the two Koreas and creating

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

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