improvised

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Schools that have been turned into shelters are full, and many are sleeping in improvised tents in public spaces and even in cars.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

These solutions were often tactical workarounds designed to patch critical issues in an improvised way.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

In Lindo’s final scene, with West Indian Archie debilitated from a stroke, the actor improvised, collapsing into Washington and urging him to exercise Archie’s paralyzed right arm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

On the next-to-last take, Lindo improvised, letting music take the place of words.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

They poured out of their corner toward the improvised barricade.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older