creeping
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In a key scene, the narrator describes a mentor, Franklin, whose words and wisdom wash over Youth “like a Bach fugue creeping out of a cheap car stereo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
"The financial hardship is creeping up in America, particularly the middle class," said Symeria Hudson, the CEO of United Way Miami, a nonprofit fundraising organization.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Frustrated with himself, and with Krantz, McCarthy scribbled on a draft page, “mild horror, creeping bibliophobia, locomotor ataxia, / general lassitude and despondency.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The idea of creeping into it, without any idea of where he was going or when the ordeal would end, was frightful.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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