close call

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It’s a close call, but ultimately I’m on your side.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

Cuts have become an increasingly close call because price increases have been more persistent than the Fed would like, the minutes indicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Thursday's decision by the bank's nine policymakers "will be a close call", predicted Neil Wilson, UK investor strategist at Saxo.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

In one close call, a Waymo narrowly avoided running over a runaway dog in Santa Monica in May.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

Both he and Cora decided his skittish personality had not helped them during the close call the previous night, when in another bad omen the regulators knocked on the front door.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead