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The average tank of gas cost about $60 to fill in early October, up from $43 a year earlier, according to GasBuddy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
At companies from Nike and Starbucks to Meta Platforms, a new playbook for cutting jobs is emerging, in which corporate bosses signal their intentions well in advance and fill in the details later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
How were you saving for retirement prior to this sale, and does this extra income fill in any big gaps in your financial plans?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Money generated by Daisy Chain Fields will be “flexible dollars,” Iyer explained, usable for anything an organization needs to fill in the gaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Because usually, when you forget how something went, you turn to someone and go, Remember that time we...And they remember it, and they help you fill in the blanks.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Hired as the town’s fill-in sheriff—his predecessor having been found dead in his underwear, in the snow, holding a fly rod and an ice auger—Ulysses Richardson does his best to maintain discipline on the force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In this entertaining action film, the actor plays a Midwestern town’s fill-in lawman, who faces an unexpected threat from the East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
That timing drastically cuts down USC’s options for finding a fill-in opponent to open the season against at the Coliseum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
She is a frequent fill-in for “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
He was a kind of fill-in speaker, a holy handyman.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Adriana Diaz and Kelly O’Grady were named co-hosts of “CBS Saturday Morning” and will be the principal fill-ins for King on the weekday program, clearly an attempt to get them familiar with the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Maxwell noted that his work had been covered by knowledgeable fill-ins from out of state.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
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
