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"Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn between 2004 and 2017, showed no inkling of a long-lived formation, either. The Hubble data confirmed the feature's presence back to 2023."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

"I always had an inkling that it wouldn't actually go through, because the public consultations have gone on and on and on," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“If you have pretty good inkling what you want to do,” Maslin urged, “vote.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

“I had no inkling that it was Janie, none, even though she had told me weeks later, that she did it and blah, blah, blah,” Ortiz told me.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Of Asia they appreciated the vast extent of the Persian Empire, and they had an inkling of the Indian subcontinent beyond.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

That’s how science works: You come up with a good idea backed by some inklings of evidence, you gather more information, and you often learn you were wrong.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025

There were few inklings when we met of what would unfold, but the Middle East that Carter had spent so much time navigating was about to come undone yet again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024

We get one of the first inklings of Captain's true mastery of language whenever he's challenged by one of the incarnations of Robert Downey Jr. in the series.

From Salon ● May 12, 2024

And what were your first inklings that this wasn’t the whole story?

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023

But that orphans’ home inspired no inklings of thankfulness in my heart.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan