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refill

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




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Environmental and fishing advocates say they’re hoping the seasonal rains come soon to refill the river and allow the fish to reach the creeks where they can lay their eggs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I stopped to refill the other day and it cost me about almost £70 for my 1.6 litre Mini, so it's definitely a jump as I do not normally spend over 50.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

You set your spending from the cash bucket, refill it with fixed-income yields, and then buy new fixed-income products with the sale of stock.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

After dark I would pour it out and refill the bottles at the brook.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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

Since restaurants generally don’t allow you to take bottomless refills home, McGrath suggests filling up on the apps while you’re at the table.

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 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

Mom refills my half-drunk glass back to the absolute brim.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Somebody washed the ramekins and refilled the baskets.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 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

The 60 Gulf Coast salt caverns that make up the stocks can’t be drawn from or refilled at the rate at which they were designed, federal researchers found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Herod Sayle held out his glass and Mr. Grin refilled it.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

But on Sept. 17, Trevino was using the fire pit on his apartment balcony when it exploded as he was refilling it, according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The aircraft isn’t the only one of its kind, but its capacity, rapid refilling rate and relatively small size have made it the cornerstone of European firefighting fleets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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

But rehydrating doesn't just mean refilling your water bottle every couple of hours.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

“How was your coffee-cake?” asked the waitress, refilling their coffees.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman


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