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repair

[ri-pair] / rɪˈpɛər /






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The rescue team, which included Nigerien troops, distributed water to the "exhausted and distressed travellers" and helped repair the vehicle, allowing them to safely resume their journey.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Over time, it’s our repair kit that slows down—and we don’t have a clear idea why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Since its opening in 1937, the highway has been vulnerable to landslides and shifting ground, operating on a longstanding cycle of landslide, closure, repair, reopening and then another landslide, or sometimes a fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Something in it had shifted irreversibly - altered in ways the routines of ordinary life could neither explain nor repair.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Anya hunched over her dress that Zvezda had torn the day before, drawing a needle and thread through the cloth to repair the tear.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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