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After all, general manager Brian MacLellan has said the Capitals were grooming Reirden to become a head coach for the last four years.

From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2018

They raised Ryan, 40, and Meredith, 34, in the suburb of Dunwoody, with no idea that they were grooming the next Dick Clark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2015

What about the actual competition at Saratoga compared with when you were grooming or training horses?

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2013

At one point, the Marlins were grooming Andino to be their shortstop of the future, but that changed when they acquired Hanley Ramirez from the Red Sox.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2012

He dressed furiously, trembling, skipping about to keep warm, and hissing blue breaths to him self as if he were grooming a horse.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White