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This 1996 refixing of René & Angela’s 1985 electro-R&B hit I’ll Be Good remains Foxy Brown’s only UK Top 10 single from her Ill Na Na album, but what a single it is.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2018

He sent his wife and daughter to an hotel while this was going on, taking two or three journeys himself to Ivell to superintend the refixing, and the improvement of the grounds. 

From Life's Little Ironies by Hardy, Thomas

Before refixing the lamp beside him, he held it up for a good stare at me, and grinned.

From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

To prevent these gauges from being pushed off, or to facilitate refixing in the event of their becoming loose, the gauge generally supplied with the press is brought close up behind them.

From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul

Smallbones, who watched at the back door the movements of his master, perceived that he was refixing his sword-belt over his shoulder, and he knew this to be the signal for departure.

From Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend by Marryat, Frederick




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