improvising

Their use shows how lessons from the war in Ukraine are reverberating on distant fronts such as Pakistan, where security forces are improvising new defences against Islamist insurgents armed with the cheap, easily obtainable devices.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Though the scene has Mona improvising, it was performed as written, down to every last pause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

He sometimes rapped his jokes, thrived at improvising and roasted celebrities with sharp punches, leaving them in splits.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

We make angels and devils of our own want and regard, improvising from ourselves along the way.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee