narrow escape

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Buoyed by that narrow escape, Paul then held to love to go 6-5 up, and suddenly the pressure was all on the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires, playing in his first ATP final.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Hers begins with her family’s narrow escape from an occupied village west of Kyiv in the early days of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

There was a narrow escape last season, with Chelsea losing at Newcastle United in the fourth round.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

The duo only made a narrow escape, running from an Alpha in a heart-pounding chase sequence that boasts breathtaking experimental camerawork from Boyle.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025

“We got through by the skin of our teeth...It was a narrow escape from a grave disaster,” Roosevelt wrote.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple