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LONDON—The first inkling that a thaw in the relations between Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, came earlier this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Spence’s first inkling that chili would be an issue came in his first town hall in Houston after the deal was announced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Lauer did have an inkling, however, that he wasn’t going to be in the game too much longer with Nolan Arenado on deck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
In his 2024 memoir, Clinton wrote that he "had always thought Epstein was odd but had no inkling of the crimes he was committing".
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Might they somehow have an inkling of the long evolutionary progression from genes to brains to libraries that has occurred on the obscure planet Earth?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
That’s how science works: You come up with a good idea backed by some inklings of evidence, you gather more information, and you often learn you were wrong.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025
“Family Remix” captures that process in the docuseries, starting from his first inklings of wanting to chronicle each step through his first-person account in People magazine.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
This New-England-like region gives first inklings of that hygge feeling — the Danish word for quiet winter comfort.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
And what were your first inklings that this wasn’t the whole story?
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
But that orphans’ home inspired no inklings of thankfulness in my heart.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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