fixing
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Responsibility for fixing this political problem was handed to Norris when the prime minister publicly said he was confident that his new justice secretary could find a solution.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
CEO Michael Fiddelke said that clothing and home goods were the categories most in need of fixing at Target.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Not fixing a problem until a disaster forces you to is known in the airline industry as “tombstone regulation”: They don’t change the regulations, and fix a known problem, until planes crash and people die.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
But Janet Finch-Saunders, Welsh Conservative MS for Bangor Conwy Môn, said the Senedd should focus first on fixing the healthcare system in Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
When Violet was fixing to leave, she spotted me over by the pickle barrel.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Analysts suggested that the PBOC’s recent firm fixings for the yuan reflect Beijing’s growing comfort with a modestly stronger currency, bolstered by a weakening dollar, surging exports and a rallying domestic stock market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
And while inflation traders expect the annual headline CPI rate to peak at 2.8% in May, they also see it drifting below that level through year-end, based on derivative-like instruments known as fixings.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
Gilberto, now with a clean cut, ate a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey, gravy, rolls and other fixings outside the mission on a warm fall day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
The big-box warehouse retail chain recently rolled out a brand-new deli sandwich, which comes with its fair share of fixings.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
After we’re done dishing out turkey dinners with all the holiday fixings, we eat dinner at my house.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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