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
In his 2024 memoir, Clinton wrote that he "had always thought Epstein was odd but had no inkling of the crimes he was committing".
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Using Claude Code was the first time many users interacted with this kind of AI, offering an inkling of what may be in store.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
The beginnings of an idea scratched at the back of his skull, an itch, the barest inkling.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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