patch
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Unlike several closely related species, it does not have a black patch around the eye.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
The patch is now a parking stand for cycles.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In this case, my next recommendation is an air compressor and tire patch kit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
DEF CON Franklin matched volunteer white-hat hackers with small water utilities across the country, helping them patch holes and advising them on basic security hygiene.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Betsie lifted it reverently from the box and held it up to the patch of light that struggled into the room over the surrounding rooftops.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"The sheets I laid, the quilts I covered, and the clothes I wore were all covered with piles of patches," said Xu.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The idea is to let firefighters reach areas that hadn’t been checked by bomb-disposal teams so they can cut firebreaks and douse strategic patches of land to protect key areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Their tattered remnants, barely held together with patches and stitching, are poignant metaphors for a battered will that keeps fighting even as protections wear thin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
If characteristic patches of preserved collagen can be recognized in those older images, researchers may already have a large archive of fossils worth examining with newer protein analysis techniques.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Clean air and trees and long brown fields that curved with the hills like patches on a wrinkled blanket.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
The confinement structure is temporarily patched, and Ukraine seeks $580 million for repairs to prevent irreversible corrosion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Carlini had reported the bug to Ghost’s developers, who patched it on Feb. 16, weeks before Carlini’s San Francisco talk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Yet by the next day reporters were working from home; broken glass was replaced; laptops sourced; the sixth-floor newsroom patched up.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
“The vest is patched to show the wear from the guitar strap.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Water poured in around it, and they all screamed until Ivan patched the hole.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
That’s where the group’s volunteers work in concert with Southern California Gas crews patching the scores of potholes created by extreme nature, not by radial tires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Workers are now patching up the roof to protect the building from rain, the sound of their hammering mixing with that of ringing bells from a tower nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The BBC asked the county council what type of patching was used for the repair and how long it felt it should last.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
"We need as many hands on our body, patching all the wounds," she said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
“You get some rest while Rosey finishes patching you up,” he said to Cole.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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