inch by inch
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Inch by inch, Clare saw his fate solidify.
From Literature
"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
Christopher clambered up onto the sill and, inch by inch, lifted the window higher.
From Literature
But inch by inch, we dragged it over to the ship.
From Literature
Inch by inch he restored Colombian territory.
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