replenish
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More snow feeding into the Colorado River would also replenish the reservoirs of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, easing drought across the Southwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Not enough rain will fall to alleviate the recent dry spell, with experts warning that months of persistent wet weather is needed to replenish water supplies.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Treasury will eventually have to borrow to replenish its general account.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
However, by the same token, it’s a far way from the U.S. ships and so takes much longer to replenish supplies.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many Respectables found comfort and a space to replenish their spirits in the graceful stained-glass-windowed buildings of Olivet Baptist and Quinn Chapel AME.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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It could also test whether frequent comet activity replenishes the dust, a process studied by Steward researcher Virginie Faramaz-Gorka, who is also a co-author on the paper.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
In the short term, Yorkshire Water will be hoping the measures announced today will be enough to slow the fall in reservoir levels until the rain returns and replenishes supplies.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
The distiller there already replenishes more water than it uses in some areas and promotes drip irrigation that protects the soil and increases the crop yield.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
FEMA’s latest monthly report shows the fund reaching a deficit of $159 million in August and $6.3 billion in September unless Congress replenishes the account.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023
He rewards them for their kindness with a basket full of fresh bread and butter that magically replenishes itself and a hollow stone with a flame inside that never burns out.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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The canal loses 50 million gallons of water whenever a ship passes through, and is replenished by Lake Gatún, its main reservoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Pumping more groundwater than is sustainably replenished is not only negligent, but dangerous to the American Desert Southwest,” he said in the joint statement with other opponents of the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
All of that helped to keep physical oil supply shortages at a minimum, even as global inventories have declined and need to be replenished.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Crew changes are needed, disrupted supply chains restarted and strategic energy reserves replenished.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
They drank their fill, and Sam replenished his water-bottle.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Blood has a shelf life of 35 days, so stocks need constant replenishing.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The move, which has Ford competing for the project with crosstown rival GM, comes as the Pentagon pushes automakers to put their manufacturing power toward modernizing and replenishing military hardware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He said this year had seen 25 percent less snow replenishing the surface of the glaciers compared to the 2010-2020 figures.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
In a study published in Nature, the team used both human tissue and mouse models to test whether replenishing mitochondria could help damaged nerve cells recover.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
I had two goals now: getting to the hunting trail and replenishing my water.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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