Head coach has said the all-rounder will play if the medical staff can patch up the badly blistered index finger, but back-up options remain under consideration.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/james-anderson-england-brendon-mccullum-edgbaston-lord-b2362894.html

If you see your company trying to patch up something that needs some serious fixing (a.k.a. a hemorrhage being treated with a unicorn Band-Aid), it’s safe to say business is not going well.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2023/01/02/does-your-employer-value-you-or-is-it-all-just-a-numbers-game/

In the face of these expenses, students have had to find ways to patch up the leaks.

Source: https://mndaily.com/276462/podcasts/episode-115-resources-to-help-food-insecure-students-at-the-university-of-minnesota/

Park 20th Apartments no longer have a hole as repairmen patch up damage Wednesday from a June 30 explosion that ripped a wall off the 55-room apartment complex in downtown Bakersfield.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/second-claim-filed-against-kern-county-in-deadly-downtown-apartment-explosion/article_3b19a3ac-9d1f-11ed-895e-0743c1f95bda.html

So how will O'Brien patch up the Patriots' O-line?

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/21/callahan-bill-belichick-has-hamstrung-bill-obrien-but-obrien-has-to-deliver-anyway-at-the-jets/

Under successive governments, short-term thinking has slowly run the NHS into the ground, with ministers instead opting for quick fixes to patch up major problems.

Source: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/health/nhs-waiting-lists-reach-record-27714835