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

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke told the BBC he had gone to a friend's house in the morning to freshen up when policemen turned up and refused to let him leave.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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 might know a place we can freshen up.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

"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

Guardiola freshened up the squad last summer by off-loading experienced stars including Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Kyle Walker and Ederson.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 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 wind freshened, and soon myriads of dry beech leaves were filling the ditches and hollows and blowing in gusts across the dark miles of open grass.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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

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