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creep

[kreep] / krip /


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At your age, the premiums do start to creep up, in addition to medical tests complicating matters.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Ocean water is going to creep up higher than normal,” Phillips said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

"If small errors creep in, and you try to repeat that flip 10 times with those small errors, the robot will just crash. We need to have robust flight control," How says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Budget uncertainty will also start to creep in later this year, we think, impacting investment,” they added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera isn’t actually dead, just a creep who lives in the basement.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

But vegetation, starting with grasslands and shifting to forests, creeps back into the swathes wiped out in the explosion and people follow.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The very name of this vast new police agency with nearly unlimited power gave many of us the creeps.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Developers of artificial intelligence have long been undersocialized creeps who openly and casually talk about how the technology they are creating has a decent chance of ending all human life.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

Many pretended it wasn't happening at all, but that's harder to do as the front line creeps closer to the city.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

The same feeling creeps into me now as the vessel oscillates under me.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Meanwhile, his rent crept up from $1,850 in 2019 to $2,500 today.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Orange is 5-0 for the first time since 2017 and has also crept into the final spot of The Times’ top 25 rankings for the Southland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

"Over the next decade... ripple effects crept into all manufacturing," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Investor appetite for memecoins has clearly not recovered, even as bitcoin prices have crept higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I crept along down there beside Sebastian’s round body, and walked directly into a cupcake.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

If you happen to be swimming in the Salish Sea at night and imagine tiny hairy legs creeping up your body, there is now at least one unsettling reason that image feels plausible.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

The book’s length and creeping pace are reminiscent of 19th-century tomes that had to be padded out to meet the requirements of serialization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

His homeowners association fees have been creeping up to nearly $470 per month, and that’s on top of expenses stemming from special assessments he’s had to cough up.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

It is hard not to feel the old message creeping back in with them: wanting less is good.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Hey there, Brutus," Satchmo whispered, creeping toward the football.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds




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