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Nacho is cup tied having represented Malaga in the competition this season and with Gibbs unavailable, Wenger has only Santos and a makeshift alternative in Thomas Vermaelen as candidates to play at left-back against Bayern Munich.

Karthik was selected for his first Indian squad in August 2004 for the ODI team, after the selectors decided to cease using Rahul Dravid as a makeshift wicket-keeper and also due to the poor form of alternative wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel.

The burn pits began as a makeshift solution in a war zone, and critics say they remained in place long after alternatives, like incinerators, could be used.

A larger board serves as a makeshift door.

(The Times described it as a "makeshift media center").

A television satellite dish served as a makeshift shield.

South of the city, a line of railway cargo wagons served as a makeshift rebel barricade.

A legal pad and pen had been left as a makeshift guest book.

But their season as a makeshift family will be short and end in tears.

Today he weighs about 208 pounds, and his truck doubles as a makeshift gym.

The garage of their rented house functioned as a makeshift lab.