close call
Example Sentences
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Minnie Driver’s Paris adventures went awry this week when she was involved in a car accident that she’s describing as a frightening close call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said it is a close call whether interest rates are high enough to bring inflation down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Investors and economists acknowledge the Fed vote was a close call, and that a case could have been made either way to raise rates or leave them unchanged.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The extra income could turn free-cash-flow positive for the first time in years, but it will be a close call now that fuel prices have spiked.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Night was falling quickly, but no one wanted to risk another close call like the one they’d had that morning.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
