inch by inch
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Instead, firefighters and public works employees were covering the site inch by inch with soil dredged from a nearby site.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
After each hole is drilled, a crane slowly lifts a 70-foot-long wire straw called a rebar cage and, inch by inch, lowers it into the hole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Other characters participate in the recreation rebuilding the space inch by inch.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025
Determined not to be denied again, she reeled in Redfern, inch by inch.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2022
Tab started winding up her swing the way they did when they were little, turning herself with her feet so that the chain sides twisted together above her head, pulling her up inch by inch.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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