repairing

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He’s 72 and does much of the farm work himself, pruning, repairing water lines and applying fertilizer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Researchers say this strategy differs from many traditional Alzheimer's therapies because it focuses on repairing the brain's own infrastructure instead of simply attacking plaques directly.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Older cities, such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Milwaukee, face some of the biggest potential burdens for repairing and updating their infrastructure, the study found.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Additionally, radiation in space can damage chips, and repairing hardware in space is much more difficult than on Earth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

All this was paid for with money that should have gone into repairing the roof or replacing the dry palm fronds enclosing the latrine with corrugated steel sheets.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago