incline
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Since then, for a host of complicated and mostly unforeseeable reasons, disparate circumstances across the region incline, slowly, in a promising direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 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
We trekked up a steep incline to quickly discover signs for white oil bubbling out of the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
The inquest heard it was not possible to know whether the campervan's handbrake had been left off before it rolled down the steep incline.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
And the incline was tough on us all, especially with the cart to pull.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Mr. Waterfield inclines toward Hobbes’s “they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The hike is an easy 2.4 mile loop, that’s flat much of the way, with a few brief but gentle inclines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
There are a couple of entr’actes in which the clown, teased by his former supervisor, inclines toward the Grinchy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
He is rarity - as a mountainous country Eritrea mostly produces "climbers", cyclists who race especially well on steep inclines.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
Flo inclines her huge head toward the sky above.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
That additional effort could make them less inclined to exercise, potentially reinforcing a pattern of inactivity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Would these officials be less inclined than Rafsanjani to use mass-casualty terrorism against their enemies?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Some had felt Paramount may be more inclined to grant concessions once it had to start increasing its payout to Warner Bros. investors starting Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Spiritually inclined YouTubers discussed medbed healing in videos about frequencies, crystals, and fifth-dimension consciousness.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The “province of knowledge” that Galton felt particularly inclined to explore was heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The young woman in the sepia-toned photograph curtsies gracefully, inclining her head and smiling sweetly at the camera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
The sickening realization of the Titanic's imminent fate came when Jessop turned to say something to a fellow stewardess and saw that the "forward part" of the ship was inclining toward the dark ocean.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
She would like to see changes, inclining a Senedd creche, the introduction of job shares and an increase in the number of MSs to decrease workload.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2021
The rig pitched to the south, away from the beach, her derrick cutting obliquely across the sky and her helipad inclining at an angle that to the human eye read as almost apologetic.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
“Do you play?” she asked, inclining her head toward the piano.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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