patchwork

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A short walk along an irrigation canal leads to a weathered observation deck rising two stories above a patchwork of saturated flats where saltgrass, iodine bush and cattail take root.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Instead, liquid water likely interacted with different parts of the asteroid under varying conditions, creating a patchwork of chemical environments.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Husband said fans often looked like a "patchwork quilt" with different colours of shirts in the stands but were brought together by the national dress.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The same patchwork of state mandates that purports to make AI safer is guaranteeing we learn less about the systems being deployed, not more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Flopears wore a patchwork shirt made out of old Bull Durham sacks.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck