as in to rebuild
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Residents to city leaders: ‘Leave us alone’ For homeowners in Portuguese Bend, insurance does not cover the exuberant costs associated with fixing up the properties that are destroyed by landslide movement.
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Emma Tucker, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Favorite activities: Picnics at the Hollywood Bowl, movie nights at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, talking on the phone, fixing up smith’s apartment.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
The hotel has a small bar that fixes up a perfect Boulevardier, the perfect cocktail to enjoy on the patio while the leaves begin to fall around you.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2024
Immediately, Christine gets her appearance fixed up.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2024
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Emma Tucker, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Favorite activities: Picnics at the Hollywood Bowl, movie nights at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, talking on the phone, fixing up smith’s apartment.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
The hotel has a small bar that fixes up a perfect Boulevardier, the perfect cocktail to enjoy on the patio while the leaves begin to fall around you.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2024
Immediately, Christine gets her appearance fixed up.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2024
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His small act of kindness resonated deeply in a heartbroken community striving to rebuild and find its way forward.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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The vote marked a significant turning point for Butts, who rebuilt Inglewood and defied odds by creating a joint powers authority and coalescing official support and funds for the project in four years, a relatively short time in the transportation planning world.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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OpenAI-backer Microsoft Corp. and Google have overhauled their search products to include more conversational AI features.Shirin Ghaffary, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Photograph: Apple Apple overhauled its iMac back in 2021, but since then, the company has been refreshing this all-in-one computer with new processors and not much else.Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
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Previously, Tri and its ilk have repaired these rifts, but something has gone awry, and Tri needs Zelda’s help to fix things.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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By the numbers: The bond package includes $56 million to resurface more than 25 miles of streets, $14 million for new traffic signals and cameras and $20 million to repair shoddy sidewalks, according to the AJC.Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
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But while Samsung was quick to update risks with its own Exynos processors in October, the critical question for Galaxy users will be whether November’s monthly security release, due imminently will patch another vulnerability now under attack.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Fritz and Wolfe subsequently patched things up by 2023.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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Telling a true story that helps reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history, the film takes place in 1971 Brazil, as the country faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more.James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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But 10 years later, benefits experts told Forbes pensions are making a quiet comeback, aided by better economic conditions, regulatory changes and new wrinkles on the plans that reduce the risks for employers in promising workers retirement income for the rest of their lives.Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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In the time since, Israel has launched a devastating ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and an invasion of neighboring Lebanon, targeting militants long armed and aided by Tehran.Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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The man and his brother, a medical doctor, then embark on drastically different missions to cure their mother, the elder relying on medical science and the younger turning to the feel-good vibes endorsed by the Sunshine Club.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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Pennsylvania does not have a statewide requirement to cure erroneous mail ballots, however, a 2022 court decision permitted county election departments the ability to correct those errors.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Gene Ferrara, the leader of the Greater Cincinnati Crime Stoppers organization, said tips called into his organization's hotline helped solve 14 homicides last year and another 12 so far this year.Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2024
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The group should identify how social media platforms with global reach can help counter information operations that undermine democratic institutions, beginning with U.S. national elections.David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fix%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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