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  • So, we're heading back to the Laurenth River to rendezvous with elements of the Fifth Battalion, re-provision, and await further orders.

    Dust and Blood Ricardo Federico 2011

  • Shortly after dawn the next morning, he informed the cabinet that he would re-provision the besieged Fort Sumter -- a fateful move that all but ensured civil war.

    Obama Will Find the White House Is a Lonely Place 2009

  • Their plateau ordeal was over and they could re-provision.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • With no definite port in their plans, and no chance to re-provision, they'd load the ship as full as they could afford now.

    The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999

  • Only a brief stop to properly re-provision the wagon-

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • Meanwhile the _Orion_ changed her course and ran for San Francisco to re-provision.

    On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood

  • Another conference with Muda Hassim took place, and I subsequently quitted Sarawak for Singapore, intending to re-provision the Dido at that port, and then return to Sarawak, in order to convey the rajah and his suite to Borneo Proper.

    The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

  • The commander had sealed orders, which he opened and which directed him to go to Rio Janeiro; to remain there as long as should be necessary to re-provision the vessel; to retain me on board during the whole time the frigate remained in the harbor, and then to convey me to New York.

    Hortense Makers of History Series 1841

  • I used to own an island in the Seychelles and had a big boat there and one day I came across some Somali pirates who were passing by on their way to re-provision their boat.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • A spokesman for the MoD said: The Defence Infrastructure Organisation DIO has been considering the future re-provision of facilities to meet the ongoing operational need at Ashchurch.

    The Guardian World News Nick Hopkins 2012

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