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[ingk-ling] / ˈɪŋk lɪŋ /


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Lauer did have an inkling, however, that he wasn’t going to be in the game too much longer with Nolan Arenado on deck.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 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

She said: "We had no inkling that the shoot was going to be used for Vogue."

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

Clinton said that he would have cut off ties to Epstein and never would have flown on his plane if he "had any inkling of what he was doing".

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

“Do you have any inkling about how much marble costs?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

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

Those were like little inklings of the movie.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2024

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

From Scientific American Nov. 9, 2023

The hall was left completely in darkness save for some inklings of dawn at the smashed door and where the windows were.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye




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