patching up
Example Sentences
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A day later, they were still focused on finalizing the details and patching up gaps in the agreement, the official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
It may find it has some patching up to do with the rest of the world too.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
They are becoming the team proverbially patching up one hole only to see another develop.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Navy rescue and salvage ship, pulled into a port in India’s southeast this summer, the job at hand was patching up the aging vessel.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Maddie was going off duty by the time the ambulance men had finished hurriedly patching up the German pilot and brought him into the ground floor office of the control tower.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
