overhaul
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On the campaign trail, Raman has promised to let Mejia audit every dollar of city spending on homelessness, setting the stage for a potential overhaul of L.A.’s approach to the crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
With problems mounting for the industry, several European carmakers are shifting up a gear on their plans to overhaul their operations—shedding jobs, reshuffling their model lineups and—in some cases—changing course on their strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Trump was consumed by the war with Iran abroad and his construction overhaul of Washington at home.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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
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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De Meo, widely considered a turnaround specialist, has accelerated his management overhauls in a bid to revive sales and a share price that has dropped roughly 40 percent since January.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
Economists said the fund crisis illustrates the need for deeper overhauls in Turkey’s economic and judicial institutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
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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That started to change a decade later when Congress in 1978 overhauled the nation’s bankruptcy laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
However, for model-year 2027, Audi of America completely overhauled its package names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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 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
The company is overhauling creative leadership as it struggles to get domestic audiences to watch more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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
Others include the construction of a massive White House ballroom that required demolishing the entire historic East Wing, overhauling the Kennedy Center arts venue and plans for an immense triumphal arch.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 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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