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repair

[ri-pair] / rɪˈpɛər /






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"Up and down the country and up and down this road, there are hundreds, thousands of potholes and there's a real question about the quality of repair and value for money."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

If the company insists that this is a separate problem, ask them to explain why a toilet that functioned one way before the repair and another way immediately afterward should attract a second diagnostic fee.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The BBC asked four road surfacing experts how long a pothole repair should last.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Based on your account, the cistern appears to have developed a new fault immediately after the repair and/or the original problem may have been more complex than first realised.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Housing projects were in need of repair, but compared to the slums of Port-au-Prince, Cuba looked lovely to me.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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