inkling
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“That was my first really inkling of what my daddy did,” he said, “and the type of people that were at the club.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Beijing got an inkling that Trump thought more transactionally about Taiwan than his predecessors in 2017, during his first state visit to China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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
Bill Clinton has said he “had no inkling of the crimes” Epstein was committing and learned of them only through media reports.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
We hastened down the trail to it as we had an inkling that there was a visitors’ center there, which meant the possibility of a cafeteria and other gratifying contacts with the developed world.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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