Rob inched ahead in the race when he discovered freestyle.

Keeping the wheel more or less straight now, he inched ahead about thirty yards.

Stock prices held their own yesterday after the strong rise on Friday, with some indexes inching ahead and others off a bit.

At least most families, the Edsalls say, were inching ahead.

The Hawks began inching ahead after leading by 35-34 with 16 minutes left.

He inched ahead until he was able to shake hands with the mayor.

The number of companies with shares sold short also inched ahead, to 3,628 issues, compared with 3,641 last month.

The investigation inched ahead on a number of fronts today.

With 12 meters left, Harris caught her and inched ahead.

The unemployment report showed the economy was still weak yet inching ahead, with an increase of 27,000 in nonfarm jobs.