antique
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It also featured what we’d now call a “vintage” kitchen, featuring antique appliances.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Only part of the original is open today but rarely and usually just to local traffic and occasional antique car clubs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
She pressed forward with a revamp that included remaking the folksy logo atop Cracker Barrel restaurants, pulling antique tchotchkes off the walls and changing the menu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sprawling across 7,190 square feet, the lavish abode also boasts a saltwater pool, a tennis court, a greenhouse, an antique barn, a treehouse, and other features.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Lycian king received him with antique hospitality and entertained him splendidly for nine days before he asked to see the letter.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
"These weren't simply Christmas cards, they were pieces of political campaigning that helped fund one of the most significant social movements in British history," said Matt Case, an antiques specialist.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“I don’t remember a time when we weren’t shopping for antiques; it’s what we did on weekends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Over time, Miller built it into an architectural wonderland filled with art and antiques gathered in the U.S. and Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The court heard the accompanying paperwork had been typed using a typewriter on paper embossed with an antiques dealers' logo – and even a nine-pence stamp.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Over time, Barack and I would take steps in this direction, hanging more abstract art and works by African American artists on the walls, for example, and mixing contemporary furniture in with the antiques.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Of course, the only caveat is watching the slick show in the antiqued DVD format.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Do you think it’s OK to have a low-key party to celebrate our child, or is this an antiqued ordeal that needs to go?
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2021
Designed by Stephen Rieman and Mark Krasne, the condo features antiqued mirrors, hand-stenciled doors and a wet bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
Matte, polished, antiqued and brushed give home decorators many options to provide interest and depth.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2019
I judged that the hand of Time hadn't got to work on that chair yet, but it would as soon as it had antiqued the table.
From The Postmaster by Joseph C. Lincoln
Two lamps weren’t just two lamps, but the best outing she spent antiquing with my grandmother before she passed away from Alzheimer’s disease.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
As orders in furniture stores backordered and stock wasn’t available, homeowners went antiquing.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
“My houses have always been my creative, shopping and antiquing outlets — they just combine everything I like to do,” she explains.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
Chamberlain has myriad interests — like kayaking, antiquing and caring for two of her grandkids — that could fill her days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2021
Occasionally she disappears for the day, to go antiquing in the surrounding towns.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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