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
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
We’re willing to bet he had at least an inkling this could happen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Even when we have an inkling that we are speaking in a specialized lingo, we may be reluctant to slip back into plain speech.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Wonder
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