dusting

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Granted, rebalancing is one of those periodic chores that’s easy to neglect, like dusting your refrigerator coils.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Platner is dusting Mills by lopsided margins in polling averages.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Even Tom Brady, who will be 50 by then, is interested in dusting off his cleats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Snow is expected to blanket parts of Southern California through Wednesday, with up to 3 feet predicted at the highest peaks and a dusting possible across the Interstate 5 corridor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

At her words, a swarm of butterflies fluttered out of the hackberry shrubs and flitted around me, dusting me with delight.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall