as in cobbling (together or up)
to make or assemble roughly or hastily
the stranded hikers patched together a shelter that afforded some protection from the wind
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throwing up
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Can someone take care of Angie, who keeps throwing up?—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Talk centered on nations increasingly building their own infrastructure, and protectionist trade policies throwing up barriers to collaborative development and rollout of new technologies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Patching (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patching%20%28together%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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