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Meanwhile, value and quality have hit a rough patch, making them hard to stick with.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He uses a hunting app to identify who owns which patch of remote land, then mails the property owner a letter asking for permission to gather.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Anything that had changed showed up as a bright or dark patch.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

If the Fed lifts rates on Wednesday, stocks could be in for a rough patch, according to this chart from Goldman Sachs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Aunt Kitty must have been on her hands and knees in the dirty cellar, because a big patch of mud was smeared across the lower part of her gown.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Earlier rough patches for financials in 2024 and 2025 were quickly reversed, data show.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Dr Laftah says she's a fan of the pimple hydrocolloid star patches as a social media hack.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Lawler said Continental’s deal would put it in one of Venezuela’s greenfield heavy-oil patches requiring “a significant amount” of seismic and exploration work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

If characteristic patches of preserved collagen can be recognized in those older images, researchers may already have a large archive of fossils worth examining with newer protein analysis techniques.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

The man’s face was thin and pale, with raw, weather-scarred patches on his cheeks.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

He then instructed me to pull back into the driveway and patched the tire for me on the spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The confinement structure is temporarily patched, and Ukraine seeks $580 million for repairs to prevent irreversible corrosion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

What it does not reveal, however, is how many have been patched and then fallen into disrepair within months, needing more work.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

They are patched through to them from payphones in Evin prison via the Foreign Office, which has described their incarceration as "appalling" and "unjustifiable".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

My father and I have patched things up.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

As frontier models automate vulnerability discovery at machine scale, security chiefs scramble to automate patching before hackers weaponize flaws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

"But the reality is, for most local authorities, they have to do the patching because of constraints on their funding."

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

"We need as many hands on our body, patching all the wounds," she said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Still, some fear the current condition of L.A.’s streets may worsen despite the efforts of city crews, as Los Angeles has been prioritizing patching roads over repaving them in their entirety lately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

“Well, he still needs to know. In case he has any inclination of patching things up with her. For the sake of Senator Whitworth’s career.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett