refitting

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The European Parliament’s decision to send its just-signed trade agreement with South America for legal review served as a sharp reminder this week of just how challenging refitting the EU will be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Transit leaders said they will develop a plan for the nearly unprecedented step of refitting 5,984 wheels onto 2,992 axles of all 748 rail cars in the series.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

China is now investing heavily in refitting coal-fired power plants to make them more suitable for meeting peak electricity needs, said Zhou Xizhou, a longtime specialist in Chinese energy who is now at S&P Global.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

“So they’re amalgamating them, they’re refitting them, they’re reinforcing them and then moving them around,” Barrons told AP.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2022

McNeish began refitting the twenty-two-foot-long Caird for the journey, decking it over with packing crate lids and canvas, and raising the sides.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong