put right
Example Sentences
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An oil company has been forced to pay £6.1m to put right ecological damage caused by an oil spill.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
England captain Ben Stokes said Thursday there were a lot of "wrongs to put right" after a crushing 4-1 Ashes series defeat to Australia.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Mr Walter says all of the render and insulation will have to come off and will cost tens of thousands of pounds to put right.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
That gives the impression that the powers-that-be properly acknowledged and put right a grievous wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
But when he bent to see into the boy’s face under the hood of the blanket he very much feared that something was gone that could not be put right again.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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