Beginning in the late 1990s and continuing for much of the past decade, bank regulators repaired bank balance sheets in part by using government resources to recapitalize the banks and in part by setting deposit rates much lower than lending rates.

WSJ: China's Consumption Conundrum

Sometimes adults were uncomfortable with Lisette because they thought she was smirking, but it was just the skin around her left eye, the eye socket that had been shattered and repaired, and the frozen look of that part of her face because some of the nerve muscles were dead.

NEWYORKER: I.D.

And, while damage is slowly repaired, it makes sense for states to recycle part of the funds themselves.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus