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fix

[fiks] / fɪks /










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Work was ongoing to fix a fault with the 25,000-volt wires which power trains near Penkridge, causing disruption between Stafford and Wolverhampton.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Companies can escape blame or the need to fix problems if they’re unaware of them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

There is a replay system now to fix blown calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

But it’s not a sure fix — and understanding the risks matters.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Handsome reached his patience’s limit, and through his frustration with Major Puff, he found the resolve to fix his situation.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Since its release, the company has failed to attract a bigger audience to the game with a series of fixes and content updates.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

They said weeks of messages to Polymarket customer support went unanswered, though a Polymarket employee wrote on Discord in July that the engineering team was working on fixes to user issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

County officials were previously warned about flaws — yet few fixes have been made.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

And after any fixes, the entire 746-mile pipeline will have to be pressure-tested, and all components checked and cleared before meaningful throughput can resume, Shah added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Commander Jameson fixes her furious gaze on him.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

That is compared with around 3% for simpler annuities with fixed rates sold by the Brookfield-owned insurer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

“With bonds offering potentially similar returns, but considerably lower expected volatility, investors such as pension funds and retirement managers may have greater incentives to shift money from stocks into fixed income,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

Because the antenna is created by a laser rather than built from a fixed metal structure, its dimensions can be adjusted by changing the laser's settings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

"She would make the angriest bloke smile, and the saddest lady laugh, that's just who she was... she was who everyone went to when they needed to be fixed."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He stepped forward to take the apple from Akira’s hand, and Akira held his bridle while she fixed the blinders into place.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Dr. Donne:— If we be two, we two are so As stiff twin-compasses are two; Thy Soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but does if the other do.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

How grows their beauty, when two lovers stand Eye fixt on eye, hand fondly linkt in hand!

From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa

While Scott was reading, the sage grimalkin already mentioned had taken his seat in a chair beside the fire, and remained with fixt eye and grave demeanor, as if listening to the reader.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I by Henry Cabot Lodge

How were his eyes with pleasing wonder fixt, To see such fire with so much sweetness mixt!

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

The faire starre is well fixt, for where, O, where, Could she have fixt it on a fairer spheare?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw

He bought the vehicle on the cheap with the intention of fixing it up himself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Surgery can repair the torn ligament, but fixing the immediate injury does not necessarily prevent long-term joint damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Technicians troubleshoot problems with factory machinery, fixing hiccups that could jam up production of backlogged 737 MAX jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Sometimes the operators already know about the leaks and are fixing them when the state air agency contacts them, according to the state’s dashboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I lead them down the hall to the room where Nora and I talked to Carlos that time he was fixing the trash chute.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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