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They had the most sympathy with student complaints about the excessive size of classes and with the need to renovate the country's crumbling schools.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

In October 1998, 500,000 pupils marched across France over similar demands, resulting in almost €1bn to renovate schools and 14,000 extra staff.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He is said to have spent an astonishing $100 million to renovate it for a planned Beechwood Art Museum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved $466.6 million in funding that will be doled out to developers, nonprofits, land trusts and other organizations to build and renovate affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

I tracked down the owner of the abandoned house, and once the papers were all signed and it was mine, I arranged for Marcus to help me renovate.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

Prices may go up as supply contracts, insurance payments flood in, and investment renovates buildings to code; prices may go down as rising premiums and maintenance fees get tacked on.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024

Since 2022 Trixie's also had her own show on Discovery+, Trixie Motel, which follows the drag queen as she renovates a motel in California.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

Beyond the Carter Center, the couple became the most famous volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, the international outfit that builds, repairs and renovates homes for low-income people.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

Through this initiative, Ivorian artistic director Lemon Otto renovates external facades of older building such as Pyramid, which was completed in 1973 under the direction of the Italian architect Rinaldo Olivieri.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023

When he takes a Hindoo head into his charge, he does not confine himself to the chin or scalp, but renovates it all over. 

From Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken

“As soon as I renovated it, I would sell it and move into another disastrous property. I couldn’t stop myself, and it’s always been like that,” she says with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The plants were decanted to temporary homes, and then carefully moved back into the renovated space.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She picked up one abode in 2017 for just under $10 million but sold that off just three years later, having renovated the home extensively before deciding to put it back on the market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The brand just flew more than 100 VICs—“very important clients”—to Milan Fashion Week, providing them with private access to da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” private dinners and a tour of its newly renovated store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

She’d recently gone into a business arrangement to run several nursing homes, and she and her partners had already purchased and renovated six of them.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

The prime minister has sought to address the issue of missing teachers and renovating buildings that are dilapidated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Prada’s strategy is on display beneath the soaring glass dome of Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, where the company spent more than three years renovating around its original 1913 store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

They also have the opportunity to increase the value of their home by renovating the kitchen and doing other projects.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The UK government plans to create greater protections for people renovating their homes against 'cowboy builders', through a new database of trusted traders and a payment system offering more safeguards.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Sapo believed in Bodega because he knew other reasons why Bodega was renovating the neighborhood.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez