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Their most notable prediction came on April 21, 2024, in Del Mar. During a maintenance visit earlier that month, researchers had observed a tiny new crack in the clifftop that was about 0.1 inch wide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Bumblebees may be small, measuring only about an inch long, but they play an enormous role in global agriculture.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

The timers’ skittishness suggests that their optimism is a mile wide but only an inch deep.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Mexico and Canada that every inch of their sponsors’ branding had to be removed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

She only had to open the drawer an inch, and the handkerchief practically popped out at her.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Cooper estimated YG was approximately 6 feet 1 inch or 6 feet 2 inches tall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

They are open to any and all fans who are prepared to spend a few hours by the side of the course to wind up mere inches from the most talented cyclists on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Bertha was expected to produce 2 to 4 inches of rainfall, with isolated totals around 6 inches, through Thursday, from western Florida into southern Louisiana, making flash flooding possible especially in urban areas.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

The Yankees came inches away from tying the score in the eighth, but the Dodgers, shaking off their pre-All-Star break rough patch, delivered on defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

I hold the candle a few inches below the article, waving the flame back and forth.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The 30-year mortgage rate inched up by 6 basis points on Thursday, to 6.49%, on the back of renewed tensions with Iran.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Oil prices inched higher after dropping further Tuesday on the back of optimism over the US-Iran talks.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Average return on Japanese household financial assets has inched up from 1% to 1.7%, he says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures inched higher as the market digested warmer weather patterns going into July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The snow had stopped falling, but cars still inched carefully along the unplowed streets.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

That number is now inching closer to the billion mark with Jio alone amassing 525 million of those subscribers.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

“I like that we’re inching it forward just a little bit. ‘Game of Thrones’ in 2026,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

His 18 colleagues in the leadership of the Fed and the 11 other voting members of the rate-setting committee appear to be inching close to rate hikes, to battle persistent inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 14, 2026

Net sales climbed 7.7% to $3.36 billion, just inching out Wall Street models for $3.35 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

But then she realized that the fire was inching beyond the house onto the lawn.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper