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refill

[ree-fil, ree-fil] / riˈfɪl, ˈriˌfɪl /




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After rinsing the pipe, workers will refill it with clean water, refill the hole and repave the street.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Many people ladder their CDs for monthly, quarterly or yearly disbursements so they can continually refill their coffers without having to worry about stock-market volatility.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Oil’s price floor has been structurally raised given the need to refill global inventories, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Temperatures are expected to reach 28C in Westminster on the day, with Pride in London encouraging attendees to bring a reusable water bottle and use the free water refill stations at the event's stages.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

While I feed Brickz and refill his water bowl, Daddy picks bunches of collard greens from his garden.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

The team defined discontinuation as a gap of more than 60 days between prescription refills.

From Science Daily Jun. 16, 2026

Your cistern no longer refills endlessly, but now you have to lift the lid and manually reset it after every flush.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

With fountain drinks running about $11.99 each this season, those babies pay for themselves in around six refills.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

Still in its first phase, Doctronic’s AI can prescribe refills of 190 medications across nine categories of medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

And besides—some of those fourteen people had bought refills but used the same cup.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

But problems arose shortly after the pool was refilled, with algae quickly regrowing and the new liner peeling in multiple places.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The company fails to clearly inform users when their prescriptions will be refilled each month, making it tough to cancel before the next billing cycle, and hides an online cancellation button, according to the FTC.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Workers have refilled the pipe with water and are now working to repressurize it, officials said Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

But after being refilled with water, the pool was plagued by an algae bloom and developed issues with the deep blue paint that was added to its bottom.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

At dinner the other night with Wambui and some friends, Curt had reached out and refilled a wineglass here, a water glass there.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"We fear today," said Jeremy Presi, a local business owner volunteering to help firefighters at a water refilling station.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

One of the shorter-term challenges to refilling the coffers is the transit time for ocean-faring vessels to sail from the Middle East to customers around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The cistern on my toilet has been constantly refilling and making a hissing noise, so I asked a plumbing company to send someone over.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

The cost of that fluctuates more directly in response to the oil price, so the latest global uncertainty has pushed up bills for those households refilling their tanks.

From BBC May 5, 2026

I nodded as I passed him, refilling drinks on the way.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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