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During his meetings with founders, they put phones out on the conference table and then inch them toward him, like he is an athlete at a postgame interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Their most notable prediction came on April 21, 2024, in Del Mar. During a maintenance visit earlier that month, researchers had observed a tiny new crack in the clifftop that was about 0.1 inch wide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Bumblebees may be small, measuring only about an inch long, but they play an enormous role in global agriculture.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

The timers’ skittishness suggests that their optimism is a mile wide but only an inch deep.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

It looked like every square inch of his hide had a monkey glued to it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The Fold8 dimensions nearly match the iPhone maker’s not-yet-released version—5.35 inches outside and 7.58 inches inside—reported by the supply-chain sources of David Naranjo, associate director at Counterpoint Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bertha was expected to produce 2 to 4 inches of rainfall, with isolated totals around 6 inches, through Thursday, from western Florida into southern Louisiana, making flash flooding possible especially in urban areas.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

The England assistant is quick to make clear that Tuchel is the boss - and pokes fun at their "little and large" frames, with the German about eight inches taller.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The plans for that building called for exterior walls above a certain height to be 8 inches thick, but Domani approved walls that were 6 inches thick, according to a violation notice from the city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Glenn handed over a skinny little more-or-less green garter snake, ten or so inches long.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

A separate price gauge known as the core rate, which strips out energy, inched up 0.1%.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Elevated mortgage rates have been keeping buyers on the sidelines for years, but rates have inched down from a year earlier, and are well below a peak of nearly 8% in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The 30-year mortgage rate inched up by 6 basis points on Thursday, to 6.49%, on the back of renewed tensions with Iran.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Average return on Japanese household financial assets has inched up from 1% to 1.7%, he says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Jessie inched down the stairs, glancing around as if waiting for something with venomous tentacles to drop on her head and inject poison into her bloodstream.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

“I would expect there to be a continued inching downward,” Negron said, but “we’re not going to just go back within weeks to $2.90 per gallon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

Economists aren’t quite sure what to expect from Warsh, as his colleagues seem to be inching closer to wanting rate hikes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Stock futures were rising late Sunday, and oil futures fell after the Trump administration hinted officials are inching closer to a deal with Iran to end the three-month conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

As the two sides were inching toward a potential resolution, Morfitt and new Lululemon board member Chip Bergh met with Wilson via Zoom on Wednesday, May 13.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

His long tail was fanning the air, and he was whimpering and inching along on the ground, one foot at a time.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls