freshen
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Pent-up savings from the pandemic, new reasons to freshen up homes in an era of remote work and the lowest mortgage rates in history made mid-2020 through mid-2022 a golden era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Next up: a spa-wide renovation to freshen up existing areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
When I’m ready to freshen up my fridge, I tend to work up a loose step ladder depending on my energy and the kind of week I’m having.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2026
Other costs like hiring a painter to freshen up the kitchen or fixing the shower head would be under your purview.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
As Abuela and I freshen up to go to dinner, I think of her words about the ghosts of her Sephardic ancestors.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
"It's like a new team coming together. When you get new coaching staff and different ideas, it feels like everyone freshens up and starts from scratch," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
But Mr. Sullivan freshens the familiar with shrewd diversions and, above all, the phenomenon of a relentlessly logical investigator confronting a mystery rooted in love and loyalty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
All are presented in a way that freshens even what you know, or think you do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
I find they sometimes pick up odors, but a thorough wash in cool water and mild soap, followed by a thorough air dry freshens them.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023
I have been green, too, Miss Eyre,—ay, grass green: not a more vernal tint freshens you now than once freshened me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Townsend freshened things up just before half-time when bringing on Zander Fagerson for D'arcy Rae, who had put in a terrific shift.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Chang’s, overhauled Red Lobster’s menu, introduced a happy hour and freshened up the marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
This influx of freshwater freshened the surface ocean, strengthening vertical stratification and preventing cold surface water from mixing downward.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
Block has freshened up its product offerings enough to drive its best growth in over two years on a key metric, but that wasn’t enough to lift its stock in Thursday’s extended session.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
At four bells of the first watch the wind freshened.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Salonen found renewal not from the desperation of rethinking but from freshening, illuminating the perception of exceptional young musicians first encountering greatness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The result is the cooling and freshening that researchers observe south of Greenland.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2025
That could mean freshening up your decorating or perhaps tackling a larger project like redoing a bathroom or kitchen.
From Slate ● May 6, 2024
Like the bees progressing from bud to bud and the extra zippy birds darting through the trees, I too go busily about with my own spring rituals of freshening things up and airing things out.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
And, later that day, when the clouds tore apart in the freshening breeze, she was.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
