inkling
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“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
In his 2024 memoir, Clinton wrote that he "had always thought Epstein was odd but had no inkling of the crimes he was committing".
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
“I had an inkling that she was ready to play an adult role.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
We’re willing to bet he had at least an inkling this could happen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
She had no inkling of the bizarre afterlife that awaited her.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing inkling
Wonder
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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