renovate
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His plans to renovate a 106-year-old golf course, which he has dubbed "trash island", is also being challenged in the courts.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
They had the most sympathy with student complaints about the excessive size of classes and with the need to renovate the country's crumbling schools.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
He is said to have spent an astonishing $100 million to renovate it for a planned Beechwood Art Museum.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The owner, Dr. Charles Waldroup, let the couple stay in the place rent-free as long as McCarthy promised to renovate it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They force out the poisonous gases that cause fermentation of food and thoroughly clean, renovate, and restore the stomach so that it can digest food without all that excess gas.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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Prices may go up as supply contracts, insurance payments flood in, and investment renovates buildings to code; prices may go down as rising premiums and maintenance fees get tacked on.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
Back in Baltimore, David Lidz runs Waterbottle Cooperative, a grassroots organisation that buys up decaying properties in Baltimore and renovates them to rent to people on low incomes.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024
The company improves common areas, fixes plumbing, roof and other building deficiencies and renovates apartments when people move out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024
Beyond the Carter Center, the couple became the most famous volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, the international outfit that builds, repairs and renovates homes for low-income people.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Europe may repair and renovate cathedrals; New England repairs and renovates elms.
From The Old Blood by Frederick Palmer
In preparation for their arrival, Zoo Atlanta has renovated its panda facilities and assembled a team of animal caretakers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
They bought the property and renovated it, although she has acknowledged that adjusting to the move was difficult.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
But in the renovated bathrooms the famous plaques above the urinals — including the one declaring “Charles Bukowski pissed here” — will remain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
"All our hopes and taking our little baby back to our renovated house just crashed before us", she added.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
We’d be living in a better place, clean and newly renovated.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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Most of that money would be set aside for building and renovating low-income housing — likely doled out to local governments and private developers as low-cost loans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Wei, the headhunter, is renovating her apartment and is happy she got a 15% subsidy on new cabinets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The prime minister has sought to address the issue of missing teachers and renovating buildings that are dilapidated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
They also have the opportunity to increase the value of their home by renovating the kitchen and doing other projects.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“As he so rarely leaves the house these days, renovating the gardens seemed a good place to start. Would you like to see what it will look like when it is complete?”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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