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They’re also investing: The Panthers are refurbishing the War Memorial in Fort Lauderdale, which will become the team’s new practice headquarters starting next season, and plan to start more community outreach programs.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2023

You wrote, "We're living in a time where women are refurbishing shackles as novelty earrings. We take things built to control us and treat them as option pieces of flair."

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2022

In a small warehouse, a group of workers are refurbishing and dismantling electronics.

From The Verge • Dec. 4, 2019

“We are refurbishing; we are renewing the country.”

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2011

Now, to the east of Third Avenue, middle-income families, both Hispanic and white, are refurbishing brownstones with elaborate cornices and carvings.

From Time Magazine Archive