ticking

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The numbers began ticking up this year, with 2,848 people arriving across February and March.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

For parents who hope their children will attend college, the clock to save for this goal starts ticking from the moment they are born.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Their arrival, and a contractual deadline for successfully reversing the formula that might cost Les his company, sets up a ticking clock, represented by literal ticking clocks mounted around the laboratory.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The unemployment rate also unwound February’s increase, ticking down to 4.3%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

We pull up to the short line of cars waiting there, the right-turn blinker ticking into the silence.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day