incline
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As the incline got steeper, I opened the companion app on my phone and pressed “Boost.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The stress and emotional aftermath they’re each facing is a tightrope walk … with an incline.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Since then, for a host of complicated and mostly unforeseeable reasons, disparate circumstances across the region incline, slowly, in a promising direction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
In other words, investors may find it a lot more difficult to keep up if the incline gets steeper and steeper.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
I can feel the incline as it’s measured by Rhiannon’s leg muscles, can feel her breath shift into more challenging air.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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