Patch Up

This account of how he and other European leaders cobbled an uneasy pact to keep the euro zone from unraveling — a patch-up that continues to show signs of strain — was based on interviews with dozens of officials across the continent. ❋ Marcus Walker (2010)

A recent patch-up with an estranged ally may have prevented a possible fall of the government, but the ruling coalition is still hanging together by a thread. ❋ Zahid Hussain (2011)

While European officials have pledged to deliver a stronger safety net for troubled euro members next month, Mr. Taylor of FX Concepts calls such moves another "patch-up." ❋ Neil Shah (2011)

A lot of the cars being sold here are patch-up jobs that are towed in from up north for that purpose. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Satisfied with my patch-up job, I stuffed the antibiotic ointment back into the first-aid kit and returned it to the medicine cabinet. ❋ Jessica Verday (2010)

These were patch-up jobs, though, on a career that was in clear decline. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The gaping cracks in the hillside foundation that ran up and down the uneven staircase like varicose veins have been filled in, the threads from my old patch-up caulking jobs paved over with a smooth frosting of flat, even concrete. ❋ Brando Skyhorse (2010)

Sensors attached to key supports (in buildings/ships/aircraft … spaceships?), fed into a network, signalling strategically-placed repair stations to do a “patch-up”? ❋ Unknown (2009)

After Copenhagen, which probably will be concluded with a patch-up accord, it will be vital to change paths from the one we've been on essentially since before Kyoto in 1997. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lea, meanwhile, had a stern talk with Nahid, who felt so bad that she offered up the name of the famous doctor who did the patch-up jobs, and life resumed its normal course. ❋ Megan McAndrew (2009)