refitting

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The European Parliament’s decision to send its just-signed trade agreement with South America for legal review served as a sharp reminder this week of just how challenging refitting the EU will be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Such a refitting process, says aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, would take years, until 2030 at least.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

I even go to him sometimes when I need help with hand placement and refitting, because he’s a technician at it.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

The 250-foot-long vessel, the Petrel, was bought by the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen in 2016 and underwent extensive refitting to take part in expeditions to explore shipwrecks around the globe.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

McNeish began refitting the twenty-two-foot-long Caird for the journey, decking it over with packing crate lids and canvas, and raising the sides.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong