inching

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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

Axios and Reuters had reported that Washington and Tehran were inching closer to a one-page, 14-point memorandum to end the war.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Under Tan, Intel has done that and is inching its way out of the abyss.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Nearly two years after actor Alec Baldwin was cleared of criminal charges in the “Rust” movie shooting death, a long simmering civil negligence case is inching toward a trial this fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The rats were hauling it laboriously through the grass, inching it along in the direction of a very large wild rosebush in the far corner of the yard.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien