tick
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The increase was a tick higher than the Wall Street forecast.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
He thought he had, when he was matched with a woman who seemed to tick every box.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Getting pushed to the curb at high speed in a corner will tick anyone off, especially with the added anguish of losing yellow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The previous time either of us had been face-to-face with a tick was years earlier, after a weekend in the wilds of Northern Michigan.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
“The lightning’s sparking in the grass this morning. Better warn your father. I’ll be out in a tick tock.”
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Climate change and environmental disturbance have aided an increasing creep of the territories ticks inhabit—along with the viruses, bacteria, and pathogens they carry.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
"While these treatments play a vital role in public and pet health against fleas and ticks, it is right that we assess the availability of these treatments to ensure correct usage by owners," they added.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Spiders belong to a large group of invertebrates called chelicerates, which also includes scorpions and ticks.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
But there is also a camp of Fed officials who believe the central bank can be patient and see whether inflation ticks down before taking action.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Because these were pieces, I carefully recorded each entry using an ink I'd made from the crushed bodies of ticks and mosquitoes.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
In beating Jack Della Maddalena last year to become a two-division champion, however, Makhachev ticked off a goal which Nurmagomedov never achieved.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
As time ticked by, slowly but surely the Moon obscured more of the Sun - acting like a dimmer switch as it did so.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Despite the month-over-month decline, July home sales ticked up 0.7% from a year ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent, likely a result of falling labor supply as the US economy grapples with an aging population and lower net migration.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
He talked a little more about the poor, abused door and what it meant and then ticked off an appropriate proverb.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
The ticking fees could add $7 million a day — or $650 million a quarter — to the $81 billion that Paramount had already anticipated paying Warner shareholders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
U.S. stock futures were ticking up following yesterday’s small losses for major markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
October 1 is significant because it is the date on which a $7 million-a-day "ticking fee" begins accruing for Warner Bros.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Already, Medicaid enrollment is ticking downward this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
An early scene from the Wells’s novel also included a steadily ticking observatory clock.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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