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• r  in a gradual manner
  the snake moved gradually toward its victim

• The Taliban gradually solidified control in the northwest of the country, and Islamic extremists, who had holed up in Islamabad's Red Mosque, led to a violent standoff in July.
• Salome is explaining a traditional cure for pterygium, an eye affliction common to the tropics in which vision gradually becomes obscured as a layer of tissue encroaches over the .
• Since 2002, BMW has gradually improved iDrive to make it more intuitive, but it's still a pain.

• bit by bit
• step by step

News & Articles

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• Wednesday weather forecast: Rain, rain going away
  Rain chances and clouds will gradually clear out today. A few scattered showers/storms are still possible, especially near the coast. Expect a mixture of mostly to partly cloudy skies and temperatures only in the upper 70s. We will see a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds for the rest of the work week and weekend. Temperatures will slowly climb back into the 80s and rain chances will stay low ...
  June 19, 2013 - Daily Press
• Weather: Clouds to sun today
  Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 6 to 10 mph.
  June 19, 2013 - The Intelligencer
• Clouds to clear gradually on Father’s Day, winds pick up tonight; high of 81
  Napa skies will be mostly cloudy on the morning of Father’s Day before gradually clearning, and patchy fog may linger until noon, according to the National Weather Service. Clouds are expected to return overnight, along with light fog after midnight.
  June 16, 2013 - Napa Valley Register

Quotes

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• Jackie Chan in BBC News
  Chan said on Saturday: "I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled."
• President Roh in FOXNews
  This line is a wall that has divided the nation for a half-century. Our people have suffered from too many hardships and development has been held up due to this wall,Roh said. "This line will be gradually erased and the wall will fall. I...
• Glenn Stevens in ForexTV.com
  With the risk of serious economic contraction in Australia having passed, the Board has moved at recent meetings to lessen gradually the degree of monetary stimulus that was put in place when the outlook appeared to be much weaker,RBA...