Example Sentences

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As frontier models automate vulnerability discovery at machine scale, security chiefs scramble to automate patching before hackers weaponize flaws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Northumberland County Council said it was "currently carrying out a mixture of structural patching works and safety related repairs to ensure the road is brought back into an acceptable and safe condition".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

"We need as many hands on our body, patching all the wounds," she said.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Still, some fear the current condition of L.A.’s streets may worsen despite the efforts of city crews, as Los Angeles has been prioritizing patching roads over repaving them in their entirety lately.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Now he was stuck in the muck of the Pipeworks, patching up pipes that would leak and break again in a matter of days.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau