polishing

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Two of her teenage sons work polishing shoes in the town centre.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The fossil jaws showed extensive chipping, scratching, cracking, and polishing, all signs of a strong biting force.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

The “To be, or not to be” monologue came across as a rhetorical set piece that Hamlet has been polishing for ages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

White, in comparing magazine writing to “finding an apple in an orchard and polishing it up and selling it on the street.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Sticky was casting about for his polishing cloth.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart