refuel
verb (used with object)
to supply again with fuel.
refueled
Example Sentences
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The planes were refueled in flight three times so that the nuclear cargo wouldn’t need to spend time on foreign airfields before arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
You can’t blockade a reactor that only needs to be refueled every 18 months.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
Strikes are delivered by a combination of manned fighter jets and bombers from Boeing, Lockheed, and Northrop, all refueled mid-air by a fleet of hundreds of Boeing-made airborne tankers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
At the Brentwood gas station, product manager Conner Uretsky, 30, waited as his partner refueled her Toyota Prius ahead of a trip to Palm Springs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
That job might be meeting each plane and guiding it to be refueled in the dark, or holding its wing before takeoff.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
