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That might at some point open the door to low pressure systems from the south-west or south, which could encourage heavy showers and thunderstorms to creep northwards into the UK.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

Avoid lifestyle creep, where seeing more money in the checking account is tied to the feeling of more freedom to spend.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Their unusual atomic organization can give them exceptional strength, high melting temperatures, and strong resistance to creep, which is the slow deformation of a material under prolonged heat and stress.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

I creep up to sit on Throne Rock, flipping through the journal to the new chapter and rereading it once again.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

As AI creeps further into the music industry, copyright remains the sticking point — now on a format that fans seek precisely because a person made it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The pressure creeps up gradually, almost imperceptible day to day, tormenting inhabitants with uncertainty as they watch their city close down around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

We’ve got two big threads this week: creeps in the House of Representatives and blasphemy.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

As artificial intelligence creeps further into the workplace, employees risk getting left behind if they don’t start embracing the technology.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026

The darkness of the night creeps into my heart.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

"It is almost as though it's crept up on us and a lot of people haven't really thought about what's happening," he told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Then I noticed a footprint that I didn’t make, at least not directly, had crept back up onto Page 1 of the search results.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

U.S. same-store sales crept a mere 0.8% higher during the second quarter and were “slightly negative” in July.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Nerves crept in, and as the match entered extra time, Spain began to fear that this final would go down as un robo, a robbery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Eventually, the miller fell asleep in a pile of straw, and the moment he did, Opal crept over to me with a desperate look in her eyes.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The proportion of top grades across the three nations combined has been slightly creeping up since that drop in 2023.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The more immediate issues for Infantino’s rivals are the two deadlines creeping up in the next three months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Flames weren’t spreading rapidly but the fire was smoldering, creeping along and eating up the vegetation between the rocks on the ridgeline, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

That reprieve was short-lived, however, and the U.S. average retail gasoline price has been creeping back toward $4 a gallon.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

But when he caught sight of me creeping toward the trees with my suspicious little bundle, his eyes went wide with horror.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff