inkling
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“If you have pretty good inkling what you want to do,” Maslin urged, “vote.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
“I had no inkling that it was Janie, none, even though she had told me weeks later, that she did it and blah, blah, blah,” Ortiz told me.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
World” All-Star Game tournament at Intuit Dome whether he had any inkling about what he wants to do next season.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
"I'm outgoing and very confident and I love being around people," Auer says, "but I get that inkling that they all think I'm stupid and ugly, and that my life is a continuum of mistakes."
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
I wonder if the smug Robespierre had any inkling what the next few months would bring.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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