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Zidane had his pick of top clubs when leaving Bordeaux in summer 1996, opting for Turin where Juventus were polishing a freshly-collected Champions League trophy.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

He labored over his songs, refining them as if he were polishing gems.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2016

He speaks from his diaphragm with a thick powerful voice that rumbles out as if his voice box were polishing rocks in a tumbler.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2015

Pretty soon Alba and Gavigan were polishing off wine on nights and weekends, cooking up a business plan and buying up Web domain names with the word “honest” in them.

From Forbes • May 27, 2015

There was one child who held a bit of rye bread hugged closely to his breast, and was rubbing it with a medlar, as though he were polishing a sword.

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Hapgood, Isabel Florence