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fix

[fiks] / fɪks /










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Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

They all add up to a chorus of serious voices urging a slowdown, but although it might sound like a quick fix, it is far from an easy solution.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

A board of directors that’s struggling to fix problems might prefer a cosmetic change to more painful choices.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

“A lot of times, we think we can’t formally put them on a PIP so we might as well fix the work ourselves, but there are steps between those two,” West says.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 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

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

Raman added that the council will continue to monitor data from the program and make fixes as needed if it doesn’t move fast enough.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Lucy Qin, a postdoc at Georgetown University who researches privacy, pushed back against this framing: “Shorter-term fixes can band-aid the immediate problem but do not address a long-term pattern,” she said.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Investigators noted that Ryanair hadn’t completed fixes to strengthen various engine components that were mandated in three separate directives by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

She fixes a bowl, warms it in the microwave, and sets it on the kids’ table for Boo.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Sellers of fixed or fixed-indexed annuities are regulated by states and don’t need a securities license.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

They do not do this in fixed zones but look to create these triangles when they feel like the moment is right.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Right fielder Kyle Tucker fixed his bat path and was rewarded with a three-hit, five-RBI performance Friday that included a grand slam.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

"The eyes of the world are currently fixed on this area. Now is the time to capitalize on it," said Ruben Rafael, a 69-year-old doctor from the province.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Aunt Kitty fixed me with such a look, I knew right away to sit myself back down on my wooden bench and hush.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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 Muscle of the Stapes or Stirrup is also hid in a Bony Tube, almost at the bottom of the Drum, and fixt in the Head of the Stapes.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

Therefore once dead in vain shall I transmit My shadow to gazing Posteritie; Cast farre behind me I shall never see’t, On Heavens fair Sunne having fast fixt mine eye.

From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More

It is said that Peggy, on hearing this, stopt washing the plate she had in her hands, and twisting the towel around her fingers, fixt her small pale blue eyes on the lawyer.

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

These twining roots most plentuously abound, Till they had fixt her body to the ground.

From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Paul William Miller

Raman, who was recently endorsed by DSA’s L.A. chapter, asserts that fixing street lights and potholes isn’t an ideological endeavor, however, and — not unlike Pratt — has framed herself as an agent for change.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

In its defense, Finch does not advertise itself as fixing the root of what is causing us to be so unwell.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Wright also stressed the importance of fixing Venezuela's electricity sector, with much of the country enduring hours-long power cuts on a daily basis.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

He added that some of the money will also go towards fixing more potholes and further cleansing in the city centre.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

I get to the shack and bang open the door, expecting to see Sandy in the kitchen, fixing himself something he caught—but the stove is off, and the pan is empty on the counter.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender




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