patch
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"The fans are just brutal here," said Guercio, who remembers a 2000s rough patch marked by six straight seasons without a playoff berth and the "dirt chanting" directed at coach Isiah Thomas.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“Red flags emerged over the past month, pointing to a soft patch ahead for the S&P 500 index and for tech,” Subramanian and her team said in a client note.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The skin on both heels and a patch below my right pinkie had worn away, leaving behind angry pink abrasions.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
The Welkers first arrived in Montana over a century ago, homesteading a modest patch of grassland.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Outside, she could find a quiet place in the park, a shadowy patch of sidewalk...
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing patch
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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