Example Sentences

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The 23-year-old Turner worked odd jobs to help make ends meet — lately it was refurbishing furniture.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Cardiff council said it was refurbishing its systems to manage contaminated water.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021

There was a parking lot there, where the two of them liked to tool around on his father’s old Harley that he was refurbishing.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2015

Inside were Mi-17 helicopters that AVB/SPARC was refurbishing.

From Reuters • Dec. 10, 2013

He was refurbishing a hundred train stations, rebuilding miles of track.

From New York Times • May 29, 2013