crept

Example Sentences

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“We saw what we can be and a sense of not just success but, I think, credibility crept into American soccer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Censorship also crept into news agency MTI, which lost its already limited autonomy in a 2015 reorganisation.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

In other words - this trouble has not just crept up on Spurs.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

For now, the company has a nice cushion to lean on: Capital expenditures for Nvidia’s Big Tech hyperscaler consumers have crept into the neighborhood of $700 billion.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

They crept across the farm to a cluster of trees, and there was the old barn, looming above the undergrowth like a mountain.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown