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fixer

[fik-ser] / ˈfɪk sər /












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She and her husband built a home for $750,000, while a “tiny fixer upper” in El Segundo would’ve cost upward of $1 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The Daily Express leads with its own investigation revealing that a "crime fixer who allegedly helps asylum seekers work illegally is linked to a network of suspect vape shops".

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Roy Cohn was Sen. Joe McCarthy’s fixer and for decades a gifted attention-seeker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

A third man - the journalists' Togolese fixer Fred Vedomey - has also been detained.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He was the Machiavelli of Ohio politics, the classic behind-the-scenes fixer, a shrewd and insightful judge of character or, at least, political opportunity.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

There are fixers who set up them up with homes, cars, clothes and other luxuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

The whole letter is Bezos’ grievance talking, laundered through one of his fixers.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2026

Others were open about their fees, saying a network of fixers would also get a cut.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

She showed me several homes that sent my heart fluttering, but then pointed out potential problems, like rot under a coated deck and the long wait for contractors for low-priced fixers.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

This is the end of your secret ring of jury fixers.

From The Ear in the Wall by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve


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