inkling
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She said: "We had no inkling that the shoot was going to be used for Vogue."
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Beijing got an inkling that Trump thought more transactionally about Taiwan than his predecessors in 2017, during his first state visit to China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
That includes at least one former clerk who may well be in contact with the justice and even have an inkling of his plans.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
“I had an inkling that she was ready to play an adult role.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
Then it had only been a matter of establishing a campsite, assembling his men as they came ashore and moving quickly, before the local lordlings had any inkling of their peril.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing inkling
Wonder
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