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overhaul

[oh-ver-hawl, oh-ver-hawl, oh-ver-hawl] / ˌoʊ vərˈhɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl /


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Organisers Festival Republic announced an overhaul of stages last week, saying it would now be open to a "much wider pool of emerging talent".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The Chinese finance hub has sought to overhaul those laws, opening sweeping reforms to public consultation this month.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

“What I hope for when people see my content is not for people to overhaul their lives, but to make small shifts,” zu Beck writes in a recent essay for The Skylark.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

So, despite the journey, when Wrobleski looks back at the pitcher he was a year and a half ago, he doesn’t see a complete overhaul.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

In spite of the complete overhaul that your mind is crying for, you have a brain that could really grow and flower here in N.Y.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The whole German auto industry -- including VW's peers BMW and Mercedes-Benz with their suppliers -- has been struggling in recent years, with job cuts and overhauls increasingly common.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

With a knockout-round berth already secure, U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino overhauls his lineup, but the changes didn’t work in a 3-2 loss to Turkey.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Austin’s housing market improved with a 19% drop in rents and home prices since 2022, following zoning law overhauls.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

He said there were still two major vessels due to return from planned overhauls this month - MV Isle of Lewis and MV Finlaggan.

From BBC May 13, 2026

A silence overhauls us, and the voice leaves me completely There’s no more breathing at the other end.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

The Lakers have overhauled the roster: All the players who started alongside Reaves in the playoffs last spring are gone.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Wales' planning system needs to be "overhauled" in order to build the homes the country needs, house builders have said.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

In September, Tan overhauled Intel’s reporting structure and established a new Central Engineering Group, hiring Srinivasan Iyengar, the top silicon engineer at Cadence, to consolidate custom chip design efforts under one team.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

The package is partly an attempt to catch up with its neighbors, which have cut red tape and overhauled their tax systems and labor markets to make them more business friendly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

While his father was out of town, Louie overhauled the engine on the family’s Marmon Roosevelt Straight-8 sedan.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

In addition to his work at CityWalk, Umphenour has been busy for weeks overhauling the projection setup at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

On Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service said it was overhauling its penalty process.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

England's coach has many of the components needed but her third challenge, catching and overhauling Australia by next summer, is the most difficult of all.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Artificial intelligence is overhauling the workforce and automating next-generation networks, transforming the industry at an astonishing pace.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

There was a flurry of overhauling and painting and mending to be done.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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