Recent Examples on the WebSome villages that stood on the front line are so badly smashed that only a few families have been able to come back and fix up their homes.—Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024 This prompted the couple to invite the series to focus on the three months (and twice the initial budget) involved in fixing up the Los Angeles abode.—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 May 2024 Villagers begin to fix up their buildings and open new enterprises.—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2024 Harris, who is also a minister, had a dream of fixing up the block but didn't have any properties then.—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024 Brown said her family believes the elevated lead levels may have come from a house her parents had fixed up.—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024 In addition to a new roof or impact windows, PACE could now cover elevating homes because of flood risk, fixing up a seawall and something long sought by Miami-Dade County — septic to sewer conversions.—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024 Americans poured money into fixing up their properties at the same time.—Brian Cheung, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024 Kouri's family says Eric was on board with the plan to fix up the house and sell it for a large profit.—Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
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