patching up

Example Sentences

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A day later, they were still focused on finalizing the details and patching up gaps in the agreement, the official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

They are becoming the team proverbially patching up one hole only to see another develop.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

It was fundamentally about patching up European friendships strained by Brexit and re-establishing a partnership for future challenges.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2023

Agricultural workers in Sacramento County ushered in the New Year by patching up a weakened levee system.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023

Now he was stuck in the muck of the Pipeworks, patching up pipes that would leak and break again in a matter of days.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau