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Bobby had an inkling that disaster might strike and was well prepared.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
“That was my first really inkling of what my daddy did,” he said, “and the type of people that were at the club.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
She said: "We had no inkling that the shoot was going to be used for Vogue."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
That includes at least one former clerk who may well be in contact with the justice and even have an inkling of his plans.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
“We like the direction the case is going. Based on my conversations with your uncle, I think your parents might have had an inkling about which of you was out to get them,” said Caputo.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
That’s how science works: You come up with a good idea backed by some inklings of evidence, you gather more information, and you often learn you were wrong.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025
We get one of the first inklings of Captain's true mastery of language whenever he's challenged by one of the incarnations of Robert Downey Jr. in the series.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
And what were your first inklings that this wasn’t the whole story?
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
The New-England-like region gives first inklings of that hygge feeling — the Danish word for quiet winter comfort.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
The hall was left completely in darkness save for some inklings of dawn at the smashed door and where the windows were.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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