refurbish
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While I fruitlessly tapped my L.A. street art connections, Valdez posted in Goodbye Pillarhenge Park: “Looking for the original artist to refurbish the bird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Privately held Restore Robotics has the legal clearance to refurbish used da Vinci surgical robotic instruments, which it then sells back to hospitals at a discount.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Restore Robotics doesn’t yet have regulatory approval to refurbish Intuitive’s Surgical’s da Vinci 5 systems, which should comprise a growing share of procedures in the coming years, the firm pointed out.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Money to refurbish the jet is being pulled from leftover funds for a Pentagon program to replace aging nuclear missiles, according to the Air Force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
This would be a time to find a sheltered place beside a stream to rest and refurbish.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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The company then refurbishes and resells the suitcases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Recently I got really into watching this person who finds furniture on the street and refurbishes it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
Music Magpie refurbishes about 400,000 tech items every year.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022
BBB, a privately held Alabama-based company which refurbishes car parts, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2022
He worked in the barbershop for a while, then got a job working for Free Venture, an environmentally certified nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles e-waste on-site.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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The building has now been substantially refurbished and its facade changed, but it has been a huge headache for Austrian authorities, who want to prevent it from becoming a site of neo-Nazi pilgrimage.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Twain bought the retreat for $3,250,000 in the early 1990s, then refurbished and expanded the 28,000-square-foot residence to add a recording studio.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Hearn has told US media he visited the refurbished pool after a bike ride and noticed a piece of partially detached "American blue" paint liner.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Turning to refurbished phones, laptops and even game consoles can be a great money-saving move, but it presents its own complications, so you need to be vigilant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The bicycle she had ridden to school throughout her earlier years was taken to be refurbished and given to a different, younger child.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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Out in the street, a business consultant who recently voted for the left-wing populist Green Party, also worried about illegal migrants, as did a painter who was busy refurbishing Cain’s butcher’s shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
There have been worries about the progress of the rollout of its new surgery robot, the da Vinci 5, and worries about competitors getting into the business of refurbishing and reselling used Intuitive parts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
The government spent £49m refurbishing Wethersfield, far more than had been estimated.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
Trump talked about asphalt, painting and refurbishing the seats at the center, along with real estate, and often in the same sentence.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2025
As gracious as when he presented the check for refurbishing the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart library.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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