inkling
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“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
Clinton said that he would have cut off ties to Epstein and never would have flown on his plane if he "had any inkling of what he was doing".
From BBC • Feb. 27, 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
Those jobs gave him an inkling that computers would someday fit in our hands and pockets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
I got some inkling of this from Anatole long ago, I suppose, when he explained why he translated Father’s sermons.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Wonder
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