hairbreadth escape
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A hairbreadth escape through the bustling back streets of Shanghai!
From Time Magazine Archive
Harold Lloyd, the Hairbreadth Harry of the silent comics, had a hairbreadth escape when prints of his early films, which he valued at $2 million, went up in explosive fire in his private film vault.
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 MacArthur's help, Annalee Jacoby made a hairbreadth escape from the Philippines.
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 Edward Dyson
