creeping

The impact for homeowners is that fixed mortgage rates have actually been creeping up, despite the latest interest rate cut.

Maybe this is it — the beginning of the end we’ve all sensed creeping closer, even if we tried to shove it into the shadows.

This comes at a time when Russian forces are creeping forward all along the eastern front and Ukraine feels it has been on the back foot for several months.

Television footage showed a bomb-defusing robot creeping up to the bag and poking it until it popped with a bright flash.

And there it was, the creeping inevitability that became a torrent.