Wenger also regretted, in response to a general question, the creeping popularity of the view that the result is the only thing that matter in football.
However, even Merkel's victory in Saxony-Anhalt was undercut by the creeping popularity of the AfD, who slid neatly into second place with 23percentt of the vote – six percent more than pre-election polls had indicated. .
The annual event is quickly creeping towards the popularity of its 42-year-old San Diego rival (it helps that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nightwing and the Avengers also call New York City HQ).
Joey has crept up in popularity in recent years, but it is Phoebe who has made the biggest comeback among the Friends characters' names.
Although Mr. Lien's popularity has been creeping up in the polls, he remains in second or third place in most surveys, behind Chen Shui-bian, a former mayor of Taipei and leader of the Democratic Progressive Party leader, and James Soong, a former Nationalist running as an independent.
Moreover, both George Bush and the Republicans have recently seen their fortunes rise: Mr Bush's popularity rating has been creeping up and the Democrats' lead in generic congressional polls has been shrinking slightly.
Mr. Steinmeier, whose popularity has been steadily creeping up the opinion polls as he becomes known to the public, gave, unusually for him, concise answers and often laughed and smiled.
Republican politicians attacking Trump, even if just in words, both reflect the president's low popularity and help to stop it from creeping upward.
Though American musical influences were already creeping into the UK, the regular dances held at American bases spread the popularity of R&B, blues and jazz.
She also started dominating a more modern popularity metric, becoming the most followed person on Twitter in 2016 (her follower count is steadily creeping towards 100m).
Foreign Cars' Popularity Dogs U.S. Automakers The Big Two automobile giants offer plenty of explanations for their recent financial troubles, from soaring health care costs to rising gas prices and creeping interest rates.
