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James is one of them, though his kindly attempts to be there for Linda, as amateur repairman and reluctant babysitter, have a way of backfiring, usually on himself.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025 -
In a piece with David Remnick maybe 20 years ago, Bruce talked about being a repairman, and using music to repair parts of himself.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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Over at the Department of War, meanwhile, schools serving some 71,000 children of servicemen saw DEI wiped out (despite residual legal challenges) in early February.—
Paul du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mookie credits his dad with developing his strategic thinking skills Willie, a former Air Force serviceman who later worked as a railroad mechanical superintendent, played a hands-on role in Mookie’s athletic upbringing and was always thinking ahead.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The daughter of a father who worked as an autoworker and handyman and a mother who worked as a beautician, Cheeks Kilpatrick was a Detroit public schools teacher for almost a decade before entering politics.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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On a Monday morning that August, Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian handyman who had briefly worked at the Louvre, donned his old uniform, walked into the museum and, when the coast was clear, took the painting right off the wall.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
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This one might seem obvious, but even the most skilled renovator makes mistakes here.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
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The most accurate way to check your tire pressure without a tire gauge is to take the vehicle to a mechanic.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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The short answer is yes, according to auto mechanic (of 57 years) and popular automotive YouTuber Scotty Kilmer.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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After the second hanging, the town doctor cut Hooch’s head off, apparently looking for signs of syphilis (brain involvement is often an indicator), which might seem to explain his erratic behavior.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Gatwa’s final episode ended with the Doctor regenerating into the form of Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), the companion of the ninth and 10th doctors (Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant), but the BBC hasn’t confirmed whether Piper will, in fact, play the next Doctor.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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