narrow squeak
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He won by the narrow squeak of 230 to 228 and, for the time being, saved the Cabinet.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the end of a campaign that included everything from singing the national anthem to physical combat, she was returned to Parliament by the narrow squeak of 211 votes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sleuth Sheringham, detecting a murder, finds himself the favorite suspect, has a narrow squeak, remains puzzled.
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Despite this narrow squeak, the Republican leadership marched straight up to an identical crisis two days later, forced establishment of another separate committee�Small Business�under the chairmanship of Nebraska's rambunctious Kenneth Wherry.
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"We had a narrow squeak of it, Mr. Ryan," he said to the first-mate.
From Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
