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[ingk-ling] / ˈɪŋk lɪŋ /


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Lauer did have an inkling, however, that he wasn’t going to be in the game too much longer with Nolan Arenado on deck.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Bobby had an inkling that disaster might strike and was well prepared.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“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

“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

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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