overhaul
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Nevertheless, the findings offer an encouraging indication that relatively modest changes in food choices may benefit blood vessel health, even without weight loss or a major dietary overhaul.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The overhaul of India's voter rolls has resulted in more than 133 million names being removed from electoral lists, according to figures reported by Indian media and cited by opposition parties in court filings.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
It’s part of an accelerating push to overhaul the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The first phase of the major overhaul is expected to be finished by spring 2027.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
He’d led an overhaul of state campaign finance laws that ushered in stricter ethics rules for elected officials.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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From degraded batteries and pricey home electrical overhauls to state road-use taxes and specialized tires, pre-owned EVs can come with a unique ledger of surprising expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
But we should also realize that the engineers who are so ready to offer grim characterizations of what they’ve created are much less willing to make any substantial process overhauls.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Instead of strict rules and major life overhauls, creators are sharing small changes aimed at finishing the year strong.
From BBC ● Sep. 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
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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Toyota produced few RAV4s in January and February after two plants in Ontario, Canada, underwent major retrofits for the overhauled 2026 model—sold for the first time only as a hybrid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
“School districts across the country have overhauled admissions criteria for competitive public schools after concluding that existing systems produced undesirable racial enrollment patterns,” they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Its centerpiece is Siri AI, the overhauled version of Apple’s assistant powered by Apple Intelligence, which the company is pitching as a more conversational helper than the original Siri.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Guardian headlines on "School inspections to be overhauled yet again" after the new system was labelled "dangerously stressful" and "damaging teachers' mental health".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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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Rodriguez, who served on the board from 2013-16, said that during her tenure she focused on overhauling the procurement process to allow small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses to better compete for city contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Since Butler joined in 2017, the company has tracked how overhauling traditional club life pulled the sector back from a downward spiral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Much like when they were tasked with overhauling 325 to beat Sri Lanka at Headingley in an ODI less than a month ago, they fell short.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
For Netflix, that means looking outside of its once-unimpeachable red walls and embracing more reluctant partnerships with rivals, while cutting costs and overhauling old practices wherever possible.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 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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