freshen

Food-and-beverage and consumer-products companies have been trying to freshen up or hive off dated brands and scoop up promising upstarts that resonate more with younger consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

“Willa—she’s one of the legendary grandparents—invited me to freshen up the mural this summer. I wanted to do a small-scale one first.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"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

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

Chopped fresh parsley or cilantro freshens the soup, and a drizzle of pomegranate molasses adds a tart sweetness that balances the richness of the meat.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 28, 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

The video features footage from a year-old news conference, except that Tkachuk’s words are freshened through AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

The third channel promises to be a mixed bag of the freshened and familiar, today’s icons and tomorrow’s sentimental favorites, with the mix heavily tilted toward combustion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

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

The clouds were strange shapes now and tinged with copper; the wind freshened.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Now, it's more a matter of getting the decisions right, in terms of loading and freshening the legs.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 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

There was seldom any danger of my raising the bar, but at the Hearthside Annette once upbraided me for freshening up the display desserts: “They’ll expect us all to start doing that!”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich