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I’m happy because if I had had even an inkling she was the Manhunter, I might have brought an alien touch to the scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn between 2004 and 2017, showed no inkling of a long-lived formation, either. The Hubble data confirmed the feature's presence back to 2023."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
"I always had an inkling that it wouldn't actually go through, because the public consultations have gone on and on and on," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Spence’s first inkling that chili would be an issue came in his first town hall in Houston after the deal was announced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“I think you have an inkling of who it is.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
That’s how science works: You come up with a good idea backed by some inklings of evidence, you gather more information, and you often learn you were wrong.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025
“Family Remix” captures that process in the docuseries, starting from his first inklings of wanting to chronicle each step through his first-person account in People magazine.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
Those were like little inklings of the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
And what were your first inklings that this wasn’t the whole story?
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
But that orphans’ home inspired no inklings of thankfulness in my heart.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Wonder
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