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Dave Wright, the rescue team's incident manager, told BBC Scotland they had improvised when they discovered the hillwalker was lying directly above the ski centre.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023

Before the final number, Mr. Keller walked onstage to tell the audience that the performer was actually the Swiss pianist Jean-Jacques Hauser, who had improvised the “newly discovered” music.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

More than two decades before companies like Skype helped make two-way video calls part of everyday life, Jenkins had improvised his own teleconferencing system and used it to make art.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022

At the front window, Hunter, a chef, had improvised a makeshift butcher’s table – a cherry-coloured cutting board atop a table ordinarily reserved for diners.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2018

Nfvea and Severo took Clara to the consulting room that the Rumanian had improvised in his hotel.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende