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If there is a question to be answered about England's side, it is who will fill the seamer slots in the XI.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the heart of the Yopougon industrial zone on the outskirts of the capital Abidjan, women working on a production line fill thousands of bottles of shea butter-based cosmetics.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
To fill Ohtani’s spot in the rotation this week, the Dodgers moved right-hander Emmet Sheehan’s start to Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Nolan shot the entire film to fill IMAX’s large-format screens and they generated nearly 20% of the global gross, despite representing less than 1% of all auditoriums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
But the annihilation of his hometown from his present and future felt like a void nothing could fill.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
A clown paints children's faces, music fills the air, as families spread picnic carpets across the grass.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
It said the inflaters—a component that ignites and rapidly fills an air bag during a crash—were likely imported illegally into the U.S. and put inside air bags that were then sold online as aftermarket replacements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But sometimes Drews fills a more impactful role, such as making sure flowers are delivered to a woman on her birthday when her firefighter husband was away in Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Chandra's X-ray observations add the glowing red cloud of superheated gas that fills the cluster.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026
Ma’s tall, athletic form almost fills my doorway.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
For decades, so much water has been taken that the river seldom meets the sea in Mexico, and its delta, once filled with lush wetlands and forests, has shriveled to stretches of dry riverbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It means there is no longer a dedicated technology secretary, a position filled by Liz Kendall until she was sacked by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The second sheet becomes the pastry course: crisp little cups filled with jewel-toned summer jam and crowned with swoops of citrus-whipped ricotta.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
On a recent Tuesday evening, a 16 Handles store in Manhattan was filled with teens idling at tables and charging their phones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Her eyes are filled with the thousand questions she can’t ask out loud.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The restrictions mean, from Thursday, hosepipes should not be used for watering gardens or allotments, cleaning cars, filling paddling pools or swimming pools, or cleaning windows.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
You can even take it a step further and whip your goat cheese with cream cheese, salt and fresh herbs for a tangier and more aromatic filling.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
In a small, light-filled room near the top of the Laurel Canyon home where she’s lived since 1962, Saar spends the morning filling sketchbooks with watercolors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The cost of filling up at the gas station is not the only problem, either.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Inkling is filling himself with cheesy goodness while Gillicut is rampaging on me!
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
