patched
Example Sentences
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Yet by the next day reporters were working from home; broken glass was replaced; laptops sourced; the sixth-floor newsroom patched up.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
He has been inundated with customers wanting to have old bikes patched up.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
Until then, all kinds of designs were patched together from silk, linen, wool or “anything at hand.”
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026
Those holes on both lines might’ve been patched up through the portal before.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
While I patched the inner tube, Miss Love leaned against the hood of the car, looking like she might faint.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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