inch by inch
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Other characters participate in the recreation rebuilding the space inch by inch.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025
The Prince of Wales was behind a film camera, being rolled along tracks, gradually closing in on a journalist, inch by inch.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025
As she drops these nuggets, you can sense Spears gaining her power back, inch by inch.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
“Our lands were acquired inch by inch with blood and sweat,” said 26-year-old resident Setrag Balian.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023
But inch by inch, we dragged it over to the ship.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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