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
If you disturb the arrangement of a part of the Hill, hundreds of ants will set it vibrating, shifting, until it is put right again.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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