Example Sentences

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"We have resolved this issue, and are refilling the pipes slowly and carefully. We expect supplies to return later today."

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

To degrade service sends the wrong message, activists said, now that trains are refilling after the worst of the pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

The weather is brightening, restaurants, bars and stadiums are refilling, and Covid rates have plummeted nationally.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2021

“We and our competitors are refilling our supply chains as rapidly as ever we can, I think we’re unlikely to see anything more than very short term temporary shortages of certain products,” he said.

From Reuters • Mar. 12, 2020

For one thing—and the sign is a good one—they are refilling the shops, and especially, of course, the great "department stores."

From Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort by Wharton, Edith