1
as in encroaches
to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits
every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city
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2
as in drags
to move slowly
the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway
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Noun
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For the past four years, a fleet of drone vessels has purposefully steered into the heart of hurricanes to gather information on a storm’s wind speeds, wave heights and, critically, the complex transfer of heat and moisture between the ocean and the air right above it.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025 -
The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.—
Jon Gambrell,
Christian Science Monitor,
13 June 2025
Noun
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The water surface was 14.98 feet below the conservation pool elevation.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The agency also noted that mountaineers must also deal with altitude sickness due to the high elevation levels of the mountain.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 June 2025
Verb
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The series pokes fun at musical tropes and also has hilarious songs of its own.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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During anagen, the hair follicle will produce a new shaft–the part of the follicle that pokes above the skin.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Inches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inches. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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