creep

Those years will creep up fast, but you’re on top of it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

But just then, a piercing pink light appears outside, and a low, opaque mist begins to creep through the seams of your tent.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

That might at some point open the door to low pressure systems from the south-west or south, which could encourage heavy showers and thunderstorms to creep northwards into the UK.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Climate change and environmental disturbance have aided an increasing creep of the territories ticks inhabit—along with the viruses, bacteria, and pathogens they carry.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

I creep back toward the fence, and Max has his head out again, beckoning.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

"If somebody is controlling, when that creeps in, it's probably going to be very difficult to get out of that situation," said Sean.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Ten percent that stays 10% is discipline. Ten percent that creeps to 15 after a bad month chasing losses is a different conversation, and I’ve had that conversation more than once.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

The pressure creeps up gradually, almost imperceptible day to day, tormenting inhabitants with uncertainty as they watch their city close down around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

We’ve got two big threads this week: creeps in the House of Representatives and blasphemy.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

We hide amongst the banana trees that have sprung up all around his latrine, even while it gives us the creeps knowing all this lush growth is fertilized by such a disgusting man’s night soil.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Adulthood also crept up on millennials themselves, and the end of their era of cultural dominance caught them completely by surprise.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Average mortgage rates have crept back up toward 7%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Then I noticed a footprint that I didn’t make, at least not directly, had crept back up onto Page 1 of the search results.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

U.S. same-store sales crept a mere 0.8% higher during the second quarter and were “slightly negative” in July.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

So, as night fell, Roz put on fresh camouflage, and with her son watching from the sky, she crept into a town.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

Musetti produced an immediate response, embarking on a four-game run as the errors began creeping in for the fading Fery.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Nvidia gorilla is so big, the debt required to keep it growing so huge, that the cost of everything from bonds to mortgages is creeping up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

“I started creeping forward. ... I didn’t see anybody.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Slowly, like a creeping cat, she moved through the buzzing wall of bees, reached her hand down the log, and pulled out a chunk of honeycomb, dripping with golden honey.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff