overhaul
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Pride said she rewatched the original series, paying particular attention to the shift that materialized in Season 2 when Allen was brought on to overhaul it, as a starting point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
While the new Fed chair must navigate a period of uncertainty, there’s no urgency to overhaul your portfolio and fret about high-quality fixed-income bonds, especially shorter-duration offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Under Kubasik, L3Harris had won some eye-catching government deals, including a $400 million overhaul of a Qatar-donated jet for President Trump and a $1 billion investment from the Pentagon into its missile segment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bayern have made little changes rather than a squad overhaul this summer, not surprising after two good seasons.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
We overhaul the bayonets—that is to say, the ones that have a saw on the blunt edge.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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The stock declines have made software companies attractive opportunities for private-equity firms looking to acquire assets at a discount, perform strategic business overhauls and then exit at a markup.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The whole German auto industry -- including VW's peers BMW and Mercedes-Benz with their suppliers -- has been struggling in recent years, with job cuts and overhauls increasingly common.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
In the past, she notes, decades could pass without significant retirement-system overhauls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
With a knockout-round berth already secure, U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino overhauls his lineup, but the changes didn’t work in a 3-2 loss to Turkey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
A silence overhauls us, and the voice leaves me completely There’s no more breathing at the other end.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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The actor overhauled that home—a farmhouse, which was built in the 18th century—shortly after snapping it up to include six bedrooms, seven bathrooms.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Open organizers overhauled the mixed doubles tournament and offered a $1 million prize last year in hopes of attracting the sport’s biggest stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Meta overhauled its AI efforts last summer and created a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the intervening period, Aston Martin, as Newey put it, "overhauled how we work", improved organisation, put in place different systems, and rethought the car.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The Mystery Maid, a halibut and black cod schooner, had fared badly of late and was in the process of being overhauled.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Its promise may all but require overhauling the social contract, finding new Coasian insights in how to divide the public and private sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
In the same week that the pair were ranting over historical “accuracy,” Michael Kratsios, the president’s science adviser, proposed overhauling the government’s approach to funding the sciences.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
That comes as President Bola Tinubu has engaged in a raft of reforms, hailed by economists and investors, including liberalising the naira currency exchange rate, overhauling the tax code and removing a costly fuel subsidy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
But it was an early work in progress and overhauling conscription was still on his to-do list when he was sacked.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
There was a flurry of overhauling and painting and mending to be done.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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