Example Sentences

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To spur growth, authorities have dusted off an old playbook, issuing debt to fund big infrastructure projects.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2022

But now, many have dusted themselves off and gotten right back to organizing.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

Some people have dusted off old bikes stored in the garage and are bringing them in for repair work and tuneups.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2020

Certainly don’t tell the 11 million-odd who have “adopted’” an Elf on the Shelf and will have dusted it off for the season.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2019

If he'd had the right materials, he would have dusted the cooler for fingerprints.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies