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incline

[in-klahyn, in-klahyn, in-klahyn] / ɪnˈklaɪn, ˈɪn klaɪn, ɪnˈklaɪn /






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An hour and a half circuit of incline runs from 10:30-11:30 to end off the year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Alexander Hamilton warned the constitutional delegates that “if we incline too much to democracy, we shall shoot into a monarchy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The stress and emotional aftermath they’re each facing is a tightrope walk … with an incline.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

"I spoke about Paris being a reference point where hopefully we'll see a pretty steep incline in terms of performances," said Doris.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Westley continued to stare at the troops and the incline leading down toward them.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Walking around may require navigating steep inclines or stairwell-like sidewalks, but over the past century the city has developed a unique transit system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

There are a couple of entr’actes in which the clown, teased by his former supervisor, inclines toward the Grinchy.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

Routes such as those served by TransPennine – which leant Hitachi the test Class 802 train – have inclines which require more energy, shortening the overall distance it could travel unaided.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024

With a bit of coding, researchers were able to describe the optimal technique for pumping — a tactic where skateboarders crouch down low momentarily and then push their body upright on inclines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024

Flo inclines her huge head toward the sky above.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

That finding suggests that the body may become less inclined to store calories from food as fat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

For at bottom, the case pits criminal defendants against an administrative agency at a time when many of the conservative justices have been inclined to vote for neither.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Students who are less equipped to handle academic setbacks, such as poor grades, are more inclined to use short-form videos as an escape, thus creating a negative cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The car ran beautifully and although people were inclined to stare at him, Stuart didn’t mind.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

The young woman in the sepia-toned photograph curtsies gracefully, inclining her head and smiling sweetly at the camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

The sickening realization of the Titanic's imminent fate came when Jessop turned to say something to a fellow stewardess and saw that the "forward part" of the ship was inclining toward the dark ocean.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022

She would like to see changes, inclining a Senedd creche, the introduction of job shares and an increase in the number of MSs to decrease workload.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2021

Since then, the pair's paths have diverged, with Appleblim's housier releases inclining more towards the dancefloor, and Shackleton's series of Drawbar Organ EPs offering playful experimentalism.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013

Inside, Ekon was surprised to find that what he’d always assumed was just a broom closet actually contained a set of narrow, inclining stairs.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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