freshen

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

Sullivan looked at her modelling portfolio, she said, and then asked her to "freshen up" in a bathroom.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 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

I am rusty in my shorthand—see what unexpected prosperity does for us—so it may be as well to freshen it up again with an exercise anyhow....

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"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

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

Clarke also added the team will be freshened up "a little bit more than I'd normally do".

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025

The wind freshened astern, and the ships ran before the wind on paths of the deep sea fish, making Geraistos before dawn.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

"There will be a natural freshening up of the club in terms of the playing squad," Rowett said.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 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

And, later that day, when the clouds tore apart in the freshening breeze, she was.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk