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Milei looks to be in for a close shave in the midterms.

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Dr Bennett jokes about close shaves when mortars landed within metres of where she was sleeping in Iraq.

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Scientists at Nasa say an equally strong storm was headed at Earth in 2012 and we had “a close shave just as perilous”.

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Kick-heavy tactics have brought some groans, close shaves against Samoa and Fiji have fuelled doubts, the loyalty to veteran performers hasn't always been popular in the stands.

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But their close shaves against Samoa and Wales, won by 13 and 11 points respectively, never teetered on the razor's edge so long and perilously.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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