makeshift
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Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
The dome became a makeshift stage in the middle of the field.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
When two MC-130Js, a special-operations aircraft, landed in a makeshift forward-operating base inside Iran they ran into problems when their nose wheels sank into the ground and couldn’t take off, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
But while Naden left in his wake a string of burgled properties and makeshift camps – including at a zoo – there was no trace of Freeman.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Ropes stretched across the ceiling, attached to a makeshift pulley.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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