polish
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These workers are developing silicosis, a condition in which microscopic silica dust contained in the stone slabs they grind and polish is cutting up the inside of their lungs until the organs fail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
What’s so bad about a business or an executive using generative AI to polish up their LinkedIn drafts?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
After the deaths of their parents, the aging bluebloods holed up in their stately Harlem rowhouse, once a picture of Gilded Age polish, and became a public curiosity.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
One of the faces looked very similar, but when she looked more closely, the toenail polish didn't match.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Do you know why nail polish smells the way it does?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
In the jewellery workshop, quieter than the Royal Mint's coin-pressing halls where he used to work, 63-year-old John Powell carefully polishes a ring.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
One especially useful touch for travelers: the spa offers quick-drying traditional polishes, making it easier to get back to sightseeing without worrying about smudges.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Commercial nail polishes were used to test additives for formula compatibility and electrical performance.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
At one point, for example, she reads a passage in which a woman polishes silver “until it gleamed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
He takes off his thick-rimmed glasses, fitted by a Calcutta optometrist, polishes the lenses with the cotton handkerchief he always keeps in his pocket, A for Ashoke embroidered by his mother in light blue thread.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
But his film is so polished, and its imagery so vivid, that you want to look past these deficits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It rattles against the hard edges of your brain until it gets polished and smooth.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
She explains that thicker straps are a safer option where the dress code is unclear and recommends satin camisoles as a more polished alternative to basic cotton vests.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
By the time individual investors get access, the story has been polished, excitement is peaking, and the private market valuation has been pushed far higher than what the public market will tolerate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
And so I spent my time in PE seated on the bleachers, attempting to focus on homework from another class, despite all the basketball dribbles and squeaking sneakers across the polished gym floor.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Writing something is a bit like polishing rocks.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
This comes at a time when Beijing is polishing its image abroad as it cements its role as a global power.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
If you want her to pay for the French polishing, you have an extra incentive to reopen this line of communication — and the wound.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Caligiuri now prefers devouring barbeque to polishing off opposing forwards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The Captain sighed, polishing his mug with the back of his thumb.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
