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They grew up fighting for every inch they could make.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

They stuff planes with passengers and exact fees for heavy baggage and every inch of leg room and seat pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It happened place by place, inch by inch, a dusty disco ball left in the rummage while a Starbucks or a boutique gym rose to serve the freshly gentrified block around it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Forecasters say they expect the showers that do fall to drop less than 1 inch of rain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

My yellow Converse sank into an inch of flattened hay, and my sundress did nothing to protect my legs from it tickling my calves and ankles.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

About five inches of rain was forecast in areas of Massachusetts including Boston -- the equivalent of more than a month's worth of rainfall.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The area above Oak Glen in San Bernardino County saw about 2 inches of rainfall, according to radar estimates, said Stephanie Sullivan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"She's 18 inches taller than me, I've got a Yorkshire accent and she's got a Northern Irish accent," Mindy says.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

At 5 feet 11 inches and 138 pounds, Ali Balkey has always been thin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Ben by at least a couple of inches.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Oil prices rose on fading optimism about talks between the U.S. and Iran at this week’s United Nations meeting, while Asian equities inched higher as artificial-intelligence sentiment strengthened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Bundled and boarded up, the lantern inched across the parking lot on the back of a flatbed truck that climbed a ring road steep enough to cause concern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

They had just gotten a first down on a Raiders penalty — 12 men on defense — and had inched across the 50.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

When Moore was preparing to hand off, the feet inched closer together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

As she continued to type, the four of them inched forward.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

One sweating plastic cup inching toward permanent damage.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

A wave of corporate warnings and technical disclosures has flooded the media, with headlines worrying over “swarms” of rogue artificial-intelligence agents launching “unprecedented” cyberattacks, outsmarting their makers, and inching toward a terrifying autonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Victory against Croatia's Hrgovic would put Itauma on the path to becoming the next big name in British heavyweight boxing, with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua inching closer to the end of their storied careers.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

With them inching closer to the city, Dezhyna and her parents are again thinking about whether they should flee to refuge, far from her beloved Izyum.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

I keep inching left, to avoid Mrs. Spitz’s pointing fingers.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari