inching

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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

"We are increasingly inching towards a situation where insurers would need to charge much higher prices because climate risk is going up," said Ishita Sen, one of the researchers behind the paper.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Axios and Reuters had reported that Washington and Tehran were inching closer to a one-page, 14-point memorandum to end the war.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

You used it once — maybe twice — and now it’s sitting there, a little accusatory, inching toward its expiration date.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

The mountainside was streaked with sparkling black and blue lines, like the veins of some giant we little insects were inching across.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia