"We painted it, we sanded it, took it all apart and put it together, nights and weekends, " he said.

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Louisville is also a throwback to an era before NBA policy changes sanded college basketball down to a five-month farm system.

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When that was dry, I sanded it and then painted the entire console using automotive paint to match my existing interior.

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For the lucky majority, traumatic events get sanded down by subsequent events.

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Totally Bamboo's Samoa cutting board is harder than maple, fine-sanded to a silky finish and set with alternating light (natural) and dark (naturally caramelized) pieces.

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Every Aston-Martin body is sanded using hand-held orbital sanders with a 400-grade sanding disc, dampened with a fine mist of de-ionised water, and sanded again with 1000-grade discs.

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Even in these economically challenging times, Biltmore retains its power to delight, enticing us back to an aesthetically alluring past whose inegalitarian edges have been sanded smooth by time.

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Great eruptions had shaped it, great windstorms sanded it.

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The blocks are sanded or configured to barely touch.

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