every inch
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Pushing through the glass double doors, I found every inch of the restaurant pulsating with some kind of sensory experience.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Others argued that the shirt is too cheap-looking to be something Chao, who is every inch the wealthy socialite, would wear.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
The gondola would occupy only a small slice of the 32-acre space, but it would be a visible distraction from every inch of the park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Sentencing Ali on Wednesday, Recorder Simon James said people had been "packed into every inch of available space", and were left "at the mercy of the unpredictable sea".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Before I was somewhere else,” I blurt out, “but now I have to clean the great hall with polish until every inch of it shines.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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