narrowly

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Appeared in the December 11, 2025, print edition as 'Oracle Results Narrowly Miss Mark'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Narrowly, that debate is just the latest iteration of a longstanding question about whether Europe should emphasize expanding its membership or the deeper integration of the present EU.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2024

Narrowly beaten by England for a place in the last World Cup final, Tonga then levelled on 15 minutes as a blistering kick return by full-back Toluta'u Koula set up Will Penisini to stroll over.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2022

Narrowly defeated in a GOP congressional primary, he took charge of the Nixon-Agnew campaign in Dutchess County, N.Y., in 1968 and was rewarded with a post as special assistant to the secretary of the treasury.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2021

Narrowly, the aviator's eye searched the great, rich plain, then swept the amber-hued sky where, far above the plain, Jilboa, the nearest flame sun, beat off the Arctic chill and darkness.

From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various