refilling

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The Sierra Nevada snowpack provides around a third of the state’s water supply, its spring and summer runoff refilling reservoirs when the state needs the water most.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The cost of excess refilling increased during the pandemic after regulators relaxed rules limiting early refills and consumers increasingly turned to mail-order pharmacies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Peter Vincent, who lives in Grove Hill, said he noticed that the "cistern wasn't refilling properly" on Sunday morning.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Beijing has been filling its strategic oil reserves, while the U.S. also recently announced that it will be refilling its own Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

The servants left at home to attend to him were kept busy satisfying his enormous appetite and, still more, refilling his wine-jug.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton