Sentence examples for first attempt to plug from inspiring English sources

Three days after that, first attempt to plug leak fails.

Amid a fourth attempt to plug the 64-day-old leak at the Montara drilling rig, the slick – which has already spread over an area 10 times the size of London – continued to expand at the rate of 300 barrels of oil a day in an area of the Timor Sea famed for its marine reserves and coral.

The company also is trying to avoid a blowout, which state regulators said is now a significant concern after a seventh attempt to plug the well created more precarious conditions at the site.

In Brasília, the capital, the local authorities have cancelled the samba school parade for the first time since 1983, in an attempt to plug the R$4bn£900m0m) hole left in the accounts by the previous administration.

It was the first positive official assessment of BP's latest attempt to plug the well, after previous efforts failed.

We can expect constitutional challenges to any Congressional attempt to plug the holes left by the Citizens United decision.

TPR has started legal proceedings against Green, Chappell and their companies in an attempt to plug the pension deficit.

And in Washington, two huge defensive tackles, Dana Stubblefield and Dan Wilkinson, will attempt to plug the Redskins' soft middle.

Ashley Beck (Ospreys), Owen Williams (Blues) and Jonathan Spratt (Ospreys) will attempt to plug the gap left by the withdrawal of Scarlet Scott Williams.

17 Ng3 Qf7 18 Qc2?! A faulty attempt to plug the f-file.

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