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She looks up, eyes following every square inch of the structure until the point where it juts past the clouds and into the dark atmosphere above, beyond where she can see.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Every inch of this house-shaped book contributes to the subtle spookiness of our tale, starting with the cover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The snails, which measure no bigger than a third of an inch or 8mm in size, are important as they eat vegetation and enrich the soil.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

A layer of mud covered every inch of the frame and seat.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

The Rhine fell to just 9½ inches at the critical shipping bottleneck of Kaub, Germany, this summer, severely restricting inland freight transport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The bust is about 22 inches wide, 18 inches high and 10 inches deep, according to the couple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Borrow a few inches from the precarious ledge beside the table.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

"The hot spots are just barren areas of nothing except 12 inches of ash."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Tess was heavier set, with broad shoulders and bright green eyes, where her cousin Eliana was taller by a good three inches, her face a study of angles that accentuated hazel eyes.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Revenue inched up 1% to $6.91 billion compared to the year-ago period, when Paramount was controlled by media heiress Shari Redstone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The savings rate inched down to 2.7% in June, marking the lowest level in four years.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Deaths were more than double that at 1.6 million, while the fertility rate edged down 0.01 percentage points to 1.14 although marriages inched higher, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry numbers showed.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Elevated mortgage rates have been keeping buyers on the sidelines for years, but rates have inched down from a year earlier, and are well below a peak of nearly 8% in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Warily they inched their way through coral reefs to their anchorage.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

"What I expect, as we start inching westward, is we're going to see more and more of them."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Shares in Avis are still trading higher than when the short squeeze began, with the stock inching higher in premarket trading Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Economists aren’t quite sure what to expect from Warsh, as his colleagues seem to be inching closer to wanting rate hikes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

“I’m just trying to help,” I fire back, even though I’m inching away.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer