inkling
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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
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
Bill Clinton has said he “had no inkling of the crimes” Epstein was committing and learned of them only through media reports.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Crabbe and Goyle were gawping at Malfoy; apparently they had had no inkling of any plans to move on to bigger and better things.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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