as in to reedify
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It’s played on a pitch that has already thrown up several surprises this summer.
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The script by Kevin Wade throws up hurdles of sexism and class snobbery, never sugarcoating how Tess’s male co-workers treat her like a blow-up doll.
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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.
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The work is being presented as the first report of a material that stores energy by physically rebuilding itself.
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Management is retrofitting amphitheaters from as little as 1% premium capacity toward 25% and designing new arenas with up to 30% premium inventory.
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Other reinforcements, like adding hurricane straps to your rafters, retrofitting soffits and bracing roof trusses, can further reduce your risk of structural damage.
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My father used a powerful glue to reassemble the cowboy, which twenty-five years later still smelled like orange peels.
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The exploit still succeeds, but the attacker walks away with fragments that can’t be reassembled.
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Therefore, leaders must use process mining and intelligence to reconstruct customer journeys in real time.
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The study calls for reconstructing those interchanges, which could include adding lanes for vehicles to enter or exit the highway.
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Diogo Costo had six saves for Colombia, which marked more saves than the team had in its first two matches combined.
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Grab a tortilla chip and scoop up a bite of this multi-layered dip that combines the flavors of the Southwest.
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State leaders said $40 million will be going to community organizations to redevelop vacant properties.
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The stadium and its development highlight certain parallels to the Bears’ proposal to buy and redevelop Arlington International Racecourse.
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In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid.
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Scientists at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have devised a technique to turn still-wet coffee grounds into high-grade biofuel in as little as 90 seconds.
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