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
"The soulmate feeling here doesn't float above life; it is made, inch by inch, by life, in the way the pair meet those pressures," she says.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Other characters participate in the recreation rebuilding the space inch by inch.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025
As she drops these nuggets, you can sense Spears gaining her power back, inch by inch.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
I begged him closer, inch by inch, clinging to his hands when he brought the cup.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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