hairbreadth escape
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But the majority opinion within the White House is that the Administration has pulled off a hairbreadth escape from calamity.
From Time Magazine Archive
With MacArthur's help, Annalee Jacoby made a hairbreadth escape from the Philippines.
From Time Magazine Archive
That signaled the city's hairbreadth escape from defaulting on its many loans, bonds, bills and other debts.
From Time Magazine Archive
With Scotland Yard sleuthing furiously in alternate chapters, John Creed evades the law through great physical discomfort, many a hairbreadth escape, but never for an instant ceases to be a perfect English gentleman.
From Time Magazine Archive
He described his hairbreadth escape with primitive eloquence, and was certain the gang meant to murder him.
From The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy by Dyson, Edward
