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redo

[ree-doo, ree-doo] / riˈdu, ˈriˌdu /


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Every time I have to redo something she did or correct her, I leave a comment explaining why.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Swaths of stubborn flies bother his mechanics as they work, and he’s had to redo paint jobs and clear coats tainted by the thick dust from the warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

A year later, he decided to redo them with a more lyrical quality, resulting in the band’s breakup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

What you end up having to do is actually go through it again and redo all of it from scratch.

From BBC May 28, 2026

A moment later, though, she came over behind Naomi, undid her braid, and began to redo it.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

This recycled trash is no treasure, but I’m betting the majority of this redo’s audience will be young enough to find ’90s-style schlock adorably quaint.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2025

Additionally, a backlog of companies waiting to IPO, which leads to debt stack redos, has been building and M&A is growing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

There’s genuine pain in the film’s core idea of daddy redos and sibling resentment.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2025

If you just practice your swoops a little bit, and you get infinite numbers of redos when you're swooping, you can just keep swooping to your heart's content.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2021

“Think about what you can save on redos alone” — which could translate to more investment in design and materials.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2019

Only endless remakes, redos, fusions, whatever crap they call them now.

From Nature Jun. 27, 2017

He said construction of the warehouse project must stop while the county redoes the report in a manner that complies with the law.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

He meticulously redoes the foul lines with a string and wheelbarrow of paint, which Wilson prefers over chalk.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

Poppy, the waitress and single mother in Alexa Martin’s Fumbled, redoes her own kitchen with the help of Pinterest and free classes at the local Home Depot:

From Slate Nov. 27, 2020

She scraps the work she did under his prying eye, and redoes it her way when he’s not around.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2020

It takes me four tries to get the tie on, and Dad still redoes it when he sees me.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

That night, in a hostel catering to pilgrims, I redid our GPS map to join the Henro route the next day in Kochi.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Outside, Brettler redid the pool, which was falling apart, and added a bathroom, a bar and concrete pavers that will move with earthquakes.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2025

"We redid our analysis at multiple spatial and taxonomic scales," Baldwin said.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2024

In the 1920s, they redid the waterfront, opened it up, got rid of some of the piers.

From Slate Nov. 28, 2024

“Your armor is crooked” was her only comment, and she redid my straps for me.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

"The one thing I found interesting is it's so obvious as to which holes had been redone," Scheffler said in his news conference.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

But, Goldberger goes on, “neither Trump’s arch nor his redone reflecting pool nor his gaggle of statues is a meaningful new layer of history.”

From Slate May 18, 2026

Factoring in the year the manor has been unattended and adding in the cost of projects that may now need to be redone, $15 million may now be more realistic, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

One of my other brothers works in construction and says much of the work done fixing the house was done poorly, and will need to be redone.

From MarketWatch Oct. 18, 2025

Her makeup was redone, her hair now up.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

If we get it for $1.3 million, we could put another $300,000 into gutting and insulating it, redoing the electrics and upgrading the windows and doors, and do the rest over time.

From MarketWatch Jan. 21, 2026

Lay’s is redoing the bags too, ditching the crinkly sheen for a heavier, matte finish emblazoned with pictures of potatoes and chips.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

How about redoing the building code to make it possible to construct small apartment buildings like single-family homes—that is, quickly and cheaply?

From Slate Apr. 25, 2025

There's £4.75m in redoing the whole thing, those pieces would contribute a lot.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2024

Miss Saunders takes out a mirror and starts redoing her lipstick.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake




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