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They stuff planes with passengers and exact fees for heavy baggage and every inch of leg room and seat pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It happened place by place, inch by inch, a dusty disco ball left in the rummage while a Starbucks or a boutique gym rose to serve the freshly gentrified block around it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Rain is forecast to start Saturday night across Southern California, but Sunday is expected to be the wettest day of the weekend with widespread but light rainfall measuring less than a quarter inch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

There’s also a chance of light rain, measuring up to a quarter of an inch, arriving by Sunday across the region, and a 5% to 10% chance of thunderstorms, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Jack shifted back and forth, far too conscious of every inch of his body.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Redd said that 12 inches of rushing water can carry away most cars, and 2 feet of water can sweep away most trucks and SUVs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

At 5 feet 11 inches and 138 pounds, Ali Balkey has always been thin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Her opportunity eventually came in the form of a reddish-brown snake measuring 28 inches long that had been collected in the forests of New Guinea.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Website articles, social media posts and column inches have been filled this week with the news that highly rated 15-year-old forward JJ Gabriel is on the verge of leaving Manchester United.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

And in the end table’s drawer, a fabric-bound book, inches thick.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Bundled and boarded up, the lantern inched across the parking lot on the back of a flatbed truck that climbed a ring road steep enough to cause concern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

They had just gotten a first down on a Raiders penalty — 12 men on defense — and had inched across the 50.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Tesla’s stock inched slightly higher in recent action on Friday, to trade at around $365 a share.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures inched up with a few more weeks of hot weather-driven demand expected to support power-sector use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Carefully he inched the door open, closing it again swiftly as the Abbot and Brother Alf padded by.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

One sweating plastic cup inching toward permanent damage.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Victory against Croatia's Hrgovic would put Itauma on the path to becoming the next big name in British heavyweight boxing, with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua inching closer to the end of their storied careers.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

With them inching closer to the city, Dezhyna and her parents are again thinking about whether they should flee to refuge, far from her beloved Izyum.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

And for maybe the first time in weeks, the Dodgers appear to be inching back to their champion ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

The red mass shivered as she waved it around, inching out over the edge of the container when she squeezed it a bit too tight.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken