incline
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The stress and emotional aftermath they’re each facing is a tightrope walk … with an incline.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"I spoke about Paris being a reference point where hopefully we'll see a pretty steep incline in terms of performances," said Doris.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
I’m doing heavy resistance training, or I’m doing incline walking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
My legs are beginning to hurt though and there's that slight incline round the corner.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
It shares roots, of course, with tending—a farmer’s or gardener’s activity—but also with tension, the stretching of a pea tendril to incline it toward sunlight or to train it on an arbor.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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