fill in
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America’s fuel-makers are maxed out as they try to fill in the gaps of the global fuel supply crunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In Slate’s SoundBites, you fill in words in response to a series of clues, and the highlighted letters reveal a “sound bite”: a letter or set of letters that make a single sound.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I’ve always had this void. There’s this space I’d like to fill in my life,” Samson said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
McElwee finds images both startling and serene; videos that fill in gaps he couldn’t on his own.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Underwoods both nodded and said nothing, waiting for Ob to fill in the details, which I figured he had come prepared to do.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
When their All-Star forward Jalen Williams suffered a hamstring injury, they had an appropriate fill-in to call upon: a backup big man named, coincidentally, Jaylin Williams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
He will also serve as a lead correspondent for “48 Hours,” contribute to “60 Minutes,” and act as a fill-in anchor for CBS’s flagship broadcasts, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Cummins may return for the second Test, and for now Scott Boland is a capable fill-in with an outstanding record in Australia.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
He had little knowledge of weather when he was first hired by the station to do weather reports as a fill-in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
This one was a last-minute fill-in for a famous violinist who’d gone down with the flu.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
Maxwell noted that his work had been covered by knowledgeable fill-ins from out of state.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
She is among 24 minor league umpires assigned full-time as fill-ins at big league spring training.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
In one sense, Stewart is the latest in a line of celebrity fill-ins who have hosted “The Daily Show” since Trevor Noah left in December 2022.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
McAvoy was one of three regulars on the blue line that the Bruins didn’t have, making the performance of fill-ins like rookie Lohrei even more impressive.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
The conga drum player was especially wild, playing insane fill-ins all over the place.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
