Thesaurus results for REFRESHENING

refreshening

verb

present participle of refreshen

as in restoring

to bring back to a former condition or vigor refreshened the wilting flowers by cutting the stems again and putting them in a vase with water

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In the 30-minute History channel special Ralph Lauren’s American Icons, premiering July 4, viewers learn more about Lauren’s role in restoring and preserving the Star-Spangled Banner.

— Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Ultimately, the goal is for the pair to travel thousands of miles west as part of a program working toward restoring Guam kingfishers in the wild.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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Corum is reviving its iconic Coin watch, first created in 1964 by ingeniously slicing a 22-karat gold Double Eagle coin.

— Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Perhaps the primary force behind reviving his memory was his brother Morrison Foster, who published a biography about him in 1896.

— Christopher Lynch, The Conversation, 1 July 2026

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During scenes recreating protests, the boundary between fiction and reality collapsed.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 11 July 2026
On June 21, a man was also attacked after making contact with an alligator while recreating on Marion County’s Rainbow River, the FWC said.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

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In a March letter to the state, 11 board members called for the program to be halted, citing the risks of automatically renewing medicines that can have side effects or drug interactions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Potential outcomes of the 2026 negotiation round range from renewing the deal in full for 16 more years, ending it altogether or agreeing to undergo a series of annual reviews that could extend it through 2036.

— Pamela K. Starr, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years.

— Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026
Tricia Cotham, on behalf of her father, filed suit in May 2025 to void the contract and regain control of the Cramerton home, which Yaffe had already started renovating, court records allege.

— Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

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