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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

There’s also a chance of light rain, measuring up to a quarter of an inch, arriving by Sunday across the region, Schoenfeld said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, even if fully autonomous passenger flight remains elusive, many expect the technology being pioneered will inch into commercial aviation, potentially making piloted flying safer.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Trembling, I inch closer to the blunt head and beady eyes.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

I could now have a piece of that glamorous world I grew up with on TV, at a scale of 11½ inches.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

The Whanki Museum had apparently claimed that its outer brick wall, which sits inches from the ginkgo, was under strain from the tree's roots.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Her opportunity eventually came in the form of a reddish-brown snake measuring 28 inches long that had been collected in the forests of New Guinea.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

She and Churro tumbled into a puddle of water about three inches deep on the roof, but there was solid ground beneath them for the first time in forever.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The 10-year Treasury yield Tuesday inched slightly higher to 4.966%.

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

Tesla’s stock inched slightly higher in recent action on Friday, to trade at around $365 a share.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

He crept out farther; the huddled group inched behind him, scuttle, scuttle, freeze; scuttle, scuttle, freeze.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

One sweating plastic cup inching toward permanent damage.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 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

And for maybe the first time in weeks, the Dodgers appear to be inching back to their champion ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

"What I expect, as we start inching westward, is we're going to see more and more of them."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Celaena turned just in time to see the slender golden snout protruding from the basket, inching toward the candy.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas