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Traders are also growing increasingly nervous that renewed strikes between US and Iranian forces could reignite inflation as oil prices creep higher.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

As the 2027 Rugby World Cup continues to creep closer, where are England under Borthwick, and do their Nations Championship performances point to progress?

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

But cracks are appearing in the AI trade, whiplashing tech-heavy indexes as doubts about the profitability and sustainability of the AI build-out creep in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Instead, Coffin sketches his idea of a Hollywood creep, the phony let’s-do-lunch schmoozer, with Jeff Bridges voicing a set of twin studio moguls who play bad boss/backhanded boss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Grabbing Elliot’s hand, I began a painstakingly slow creep down the line of soldiers.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

Fittingly, the sound creates a crack in one of the home’s windows: Via that fissure, the unfolding apocalypse creeps into their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Four main emotions drive every market — fear, greed, hope and regret — but hope is the deadliest, because it creeps in when a trade hits your stop loss and you don’t honor it.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

The constant Polymarket ads felt cheap and unsavory to say the least, reducing all of the stellar films nominated to fodder for basement-dwelling creeps to bet on.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026

The grey dawn creeps in through the windows, casting soft shadows.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Nerves crept in, and as the match entered extra time, Spain began to fear that this final would go down as un robo, a robbery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Deaths from the June 24 disaster have crept past 3,500, but for families like Alvarado's there is still the race to find the tens of thousands reported missing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

"Because that's the work of democracy: being neighbourly, taking care of public spaces. How do we love enjoying each other, shaking out of the isolation and division that have crept too deeply into our lives."

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

“We saw what we can be and a sense of not just success but, I think, credibility crept into American soccer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

So Roz camouflaged herself, she avoided the fields and kept to the trees, and with Brightbill as her guide, she carefully crept north through farm country.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

But the creeping cost of food this summer has prompted some frustration, even as the company has sought to court locals with ticket deals to offset a decline in international tourists visiting its U.S. parks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

They do reflect investors’ creeping doubts about the government’s future ability to pay, though.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

He said: "We went creeping around the grounds of this military base using ultrasound detectors to try to hear the male cicadas singing, so it did feel a bit James Bond."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

In a Moscow suburb, shut-down shops and "for rent" signs reveal the creeping toll of Russia's slowing wartime economy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Being with Justin helps push back the creeping sadness.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh