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America needs to inch toward rough political health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

From Ossoff, he learned how to braid in being an intellectual and polished orator, how debate-club tactics can work as long as you eschew the tie and show an inch of clavicle.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Every inch of its intimate sanctum contains the story of the venue’s principal owners, Quentin Ertel and Brian Rauschenbach.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Last weekend, south Orange County received about an inch to an inch and a half of rainfall, but vegetation didn’t have enough time to absorb the moisture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Her walker sank an inch into the sandy lakeshore each time she leaned on it and she had to yank upward to lift it enough to move it forward again.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Plans in place, George and I strapped our seven sequoias into a Pacifica minivan, whose 47 inches of vertical space were just enough to accommodate the tallest of our seven potted seedlings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Outside the Fun Zone, black sandbags were stacked up along the peninsula’s vast network of seawalls, giving them a few more inches of protection from the rising tide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

They had pulled a truck around in front of the entrance, leaving just a few inches for the employees to slip in and out of the garage, invisible from the street.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

These visions are known as Lilliputian hallucinations, named after the miniature inhabitants of "Gulliver's Travels," who stand just 6 inches tall.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Instead of the floodwaters faced that past spring, the dried, midsummer dirt floor was so hard that even with many men working, the hole deepened only a few inches each hour.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Average loans and leases jumped 13.5% to $278.6 billion in the global wealth and investment management business, while in the consumer banking arm, average loans and leases inched up 0.2% to $321 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Gold prices inched lower: New York futures were down 0.2% to $4,209.50 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Broncos tied the score after making the defensive stop, then inched away with two drives that ended with field goals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Oil prices inched up following Monday's drop of almost two percent, though Saudi Aramco's chief executive Amin Nasser, speaking after the G7 release, warned over global stockpiles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Trying hard not to glance downwards at the dizzying drop, he inched his way up the plank, towards the wall.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Case in point: Micron’s stock was choppy in early Wednesday trade, rising as much as 3.6% before briefly turning negative and then inching back into the black.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Other major indexes also rose, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average inching up 0.1% while S&P 500 futures added 0.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Camarillo hit 99, inching past the previous record of 98 set in 1953.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

One sweating plastic cup inching toward permanent damage.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

We’re inching along the corridor, rubbernecking, unwilling to miss a single link.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman