squeaker

Example Sentences

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And the one game they did barely win was a 20-17 squeaker over perhaps the worst team in football, the New England Patriots.

From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Cox had the distinction of winning the closest congressional race in the country, an 862-vote squeaker over Republican incumbent David Valadao.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2022

Polling suggests that the candidate they’re choosing to go with is Mark Ronchetti, a weatherman from Albuquerque who lost the 2020 Senate race in a surprisingly close squeaker.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2022

But their 20-19 squeaker over the depleted Baltimore Ravens did little to suppress any lingering concerns about Stafford’s ability to win in the postseason.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2022

Weel, gi'e Maggie yin on the squeaker frae me, an' tell her no to greet for me, because I'm no worthy o' her pure unselfish love, etceetera.

From Wee Macgreegor Enlists by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)