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Break me and I am better, immediately set and harder to be broken again. What am I?
I start new then become old. Start clean but be one dirty. I usually start big then become little.
Born of sorrow, grows with age, you need a lot to be a sage. What is it?
My first is second in line; I send shivers up your spine; not quite shining bright I glitter in the light.
Two in a whole and four in a pair. Six in a trio you see. Eight's a quartet but what you must get is the name that fits just one of me.
What’s a carpet’s favorite sport?