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She said she had polished the urn daily and "whoever was in there, was loved like they were my own baby."

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

The digital performances that big and small houses had polished over the summer could be extended just a bit longer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2021

Von Bülow, trained as a lawyer, had polished manners and, as a result of his marriage, a vast fortune.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019

But figure skating is cruel and often cutthroat, as many competitors were reminded Wednesday, falling and faltering in programs they had polished for months in hopes of peaking at precisely this moment.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2018

Next to the sign was a knocker—a lion's head with a brass ring in its mouth, which Victor had polished just that morning.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke