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He said that, when discussing a project, “I have someone from Street Lighting saying to me, ‘Well, yeah, I can fix that light, but you also have to talk to Engineering.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Bank of England has warned, external this could leave institutions struggling to fix vulnerabilities before attackers take advantage of them.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
It is prone to breakdowns and difficult to fix, as replacement parts and specialized engineers are in short supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
“It is not the only fix we need, but it is the most commonsense fix,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
I have a limited amount of time to make my mark in the world, and I don’t want to spend it trying to fix small-town racism.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Healey has talked about giving people "breathing space" from cost-of-living pressures, and revealed a package of small measures he is calling "everyday fixes" ahead of the Budget.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
"This new dataset fixes coordinate errors in previous Earth rotation studies. Additionally, it improves the accuracy of dating and reconstructing historical astronomical events," said coauthor Mitsuru Sôma of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
"The biggest challenge has been juggling clients who want their sites taken offline as a precaution, while trying to coordinate updates and fixes across countless different setups," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Duong and the other researchers kept its existence a closely guarded secret while they worked on fixes, for fear that an AI-aided hacker might find and exploit it before they were done.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
She fixes my pillows and tucks me in gently, pulling the covers up over my body.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
“What’s scary is the circularity both in fixed income and the equity world should there be a correction,” said Kasim Kutay, CEO of Denmark’s Novo Holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
“The bond market has a cold. The equity market may have a cold; and the culprit comes from tech,” said George Catrambone, head of fixed income, Americas, at DWS, on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
A. aegis had been fixed in ethanol rather than formalin, the only member of the genus stored that way, and ethanol leaves genetic material intact.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Watch Duty quickly fixed the error, and the evacuation order was officially lifted soon after.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
My eyes fixed on the farmer’s grim, rugged face.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
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
And which of the Officers was it as first fixt my gaze, and held it firmly?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various
The infinite galleries of the Past await but one brief process, and all their pictures will be called out and fixt forever.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge
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
Some of Raman’s constituents beg to differ, saying her office has seemed unwilling to help with a broad array of city services, including fixing broken sidewalks and removing homeless encampments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Ahead of Storm Austen, staff at the bar have been fixing parts of the building down to make them more secure.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
For example, you might think you are protecting a direct report’s reputation and time by fixing a client proposal or redoing a presentation for the employee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
He bought the vehicle on the cheap with the intention of fixing it up himself.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
What did that have to do with fixing motors, anyway?
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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