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refill

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




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During the height of the blaze, it took 40 minutes to refill its water carrier due to reduced pressure - and crews had to rely on an additional high-volume pump for water supply.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

It cautioned that the "window for sufficient refill is closing".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

You could refill the ink and replace the nibs, and they came with a blender pen.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Sampe's team only has two 6,000-litre fire engines, and deploys one at a time while the other refills.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

Or maybe they’re local fans who have a thirst that only 20+ refills can quench.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

I lunch at Wendy’s, where $4.99 gets you unlimited refills at the Mexican part of the Super-bar, a comforting surfeit of refried beans and cheese sauce.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Somebody washed the ramekins and refilled the baskets.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

While Lindy is still hiring coders, it never refilled the marketing roles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Millions of workers leave or switch jobs every year — and those jobs need to be refilled.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

I refilled my glass and took another gulp so I wouldn’t have to look at Babou.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

It said it would ensure a stable supply of low-cost oil that can facilitate refilling the federal stockpile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"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

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has put the cost of refilling it at roughly $20 billion over several years.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

With the replacement pipe in place, workers transitioned to slowly refilling the pipe to restore pressure, disinfecting the water line with chlorine and checking for any leaks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

I saw Tucker in the far corner, forgetting that he was refilling someone’s tea and letting the cup overflow.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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