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She added that she found the form long and difficult to fill in and the telephone call as "really cold".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Roberts said Edman is an option to fill in for Pages in center field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
A remarkably rare fossil studied by University of Oklahoma paleontologists is now helping fill in part of that missing picture.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yet many companies have been waiting for the Treasury Department and IRS to fill in the blanks on the rules for contributions from employers and employees.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Now you just need to fill in the pages with all your great ideas!
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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
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
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
Chicago’s replacement team was nicknamed the “Spare Bears” and Payton was the quarterback of that fill-in squad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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
The current collection of receivers has done a pretty respectable job in the absence of Kupp and Nacua, but none of those fill-ins strike fear in opponents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
Their radio analyst, Troy Murray, had cancer, and they needed fill-ins.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 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
