Thesaurus / busted
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In Houston, the heroes now arrive with plumbing toolsAbbott’s actions are aimed at a serious need, as many residents and business owners contend with busted pipes.
TEXAS IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF PLUMBERS. TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW DROVE MORE THAN 20 HOURS STRAIGHT TO HELP.LATESHIA BEACHUMFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe arrival of The Shot has transformed the grim pop-up clinics of the pandemic into gratitude factories — reassembly lines where Americans could begin to put back together their busted psyches.
THE JOY OF VAX: THE PEOPLE GIVING THE SHOTS ARE SEEING HOPE, AND IT’S CONTAGIOUSMAURA JUDKISFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThose dealing with a busted Joy-Con can seek a repair through Nintendo, but for anyone else in need of a spare set, this deal should lessen the blow compared to buying directly from the company.
TODAY’S BEST TECH DEALS: NINTENDO JOY-CONS, APPLE’S M1 MAC MINI, AND MOREARS STAFFFEBRUARY 18, 2021ARS TECHNICAThe busted system leads to flooding, sinkholes and toxic and bacteria-laden material flowing into the region’s coastal waters.
MORNING REPORT: THE STORMWATER DEFICIT IS A BIG DEALVOICE OF SAN DIEGOFEBRUARY 8, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe city’s busted stormwater system leads to flooding, sinkholes and toxic and bacteria-laden material flowing into the region’s coastal waters.
SAN DIEGO’S INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT IS REALLY A STORMWATER DEFICITANDREW KEATTSFEBRUARY 8, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOOh, how you hate shredded tires, check-engine lights, busted radiators, dead batteries, and the guy with the rig, but in the new book “The Big Tow” by Ann McMan, a wired starter isn’t the only thing that’s hot.
‘BIG TOW’ HAS ACTION, HUMOR, AND A LESBIAN ROMANCETERRI SCHLICHENMEYERDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEEach of them was chuck full of that dubious sort of pride that has busted up more than one love-fiesta.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRI am being busted here by party named Hutchinson.70 Seems good.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONAnd there was nice split-bottom chairs, and perfectly sound, too—not bagged down in the middle and busted, like an old basket.
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)Some of the boys around here have been telling me that you were all busted up about that girl you married.
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