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fix

[fiks] / fɪks /










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From quick reels on how to fix cracks in walls, to complicated YouTube tutorials on building alcove seating from scratch, the internet is chock-a-block with seemingly endless home improvement demos.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Southern California residents can soon get their Double-Double fix at more locations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Boeing said it was working with airlines on a procedure to allow pilots to re-enable the automated navigation feature if needed, and devising a software fix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Boeing is working on a procedure for pilots and a software fix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“We can fix that,” said Laurence, and he looped the fabric into a knot behind Bat’s neck to shorten the sling.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

We analysed the tactics Roberto de Zerbi is trying to implement and what potential fixes may look like.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

County officials were previously warned about flaws — yet few fixes have been made.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

If you prefer stability, wait a few weeks for the first update with bug fixes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

And after any fixes, the entire 746-mile pipeline will have to be pressure-tested, and all components checked and cleared before meaningful throughput can resume, Shah added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

When Mrs. Murphy and Mr. Sorenson come back into the room, she fixes her steady gaze on him and smiles.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Even if rates don’t go up, someone relying too much on fixed income could find themselves lacking the liquidity needed for an unexpected emergency expense, such as a medical bill or home maintenance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Markets interpreted the communication overall as a dovish signal,” said Antti Ilvonen, senior fixed income and FX analyst at Danske Bank, in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

He fixed his bat path, extending through the ball more consistently instead of pulling off of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

His colleagues are doing their bit to revive the factory, clearing away rubble and fixing whatever can be fixed.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

So Mama fixed me a bed downstairs in front of the stove, trying to keep me warm, and Papa carried me wherever I needed to go.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Her eyes next, anxiously, sought those of Lord Melbury, and instantly met them; but with a look of gravity so unusual, that her own were hastily withdrawn, and fixt, disappointed, upon the ground.

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

It is said that Peggy, on hearing this, stopt washing the plate she had in her hands, and twisting the towel around her fingers, fixt her small pale blue eyes on the lawyer.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge

How were his eyes with pleasing wonder fixt, To see such fire with so much sweetness mixt!

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

The faire starre is well fixt, for where, O, where, Could she have fixt it on a fairer spheare?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw

Accordingly a day was fixt for that purpose, and the Craiglands-croft was the place appointed for this probation of soldiership.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt

Wortley set his mind to fixing the problem, shooting into the sun and trying out various chemicals and exposure times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

How did Laura feel about the NHS picking up the cost of fixing her cheap surgery?

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Finding other causes is important, since fixing housing markets can only get us part of the way there.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Standard electron microscopy commonly involves chemically fixing and dehydrating tissue, steps that can alter the structures scientists are trying to observe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

We got an old table for fixing a brush rake.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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