Fixed
Both words in one sentence
- While she worms her way out of trouble much more successfully than the Critic and could dominate the world if she got her mind fixed, The Nostalgia Chick is still just a shut-in alcoholic who'll never make anything of her life.
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For instance, if a food processing plant or restaurant is violating health and sanitation codes, a government inspector has the power to shut it down, immediately, until things are fixed.
Source: Film / Ghostbusters (1984) - The sliders also find a way to shut off the bacteria (without removing the effects of what has already been "fixed" in the body) using an oversized flashlight pulsing a coded shutdown signal.
Source: Hive Mind / Played Straight
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