close call
Example Sentences
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Even with my close call, like, that one angered me, because you start to think about things.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a close call, but ultimately I’m on your side.
From MarketWatch
He’s never personally experienced any close calls with a jet landing at Burbank, but he is very aware of the tight parameters and teaches his flight students how to safely navigate the overlapping Burbank flights.
From Los Angeles Times
There were close calls -- grand jury investigations, lawsuits and a skeptical chief or two -- but they endured through the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times
Some signaled they saw the move as a close call, and a few nonvoting presidents indicated they would have also opposed it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
