narrow escape
Example Sentences
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Tottenham's radical overhaul is already well under way after last season's narrow escape from relegation.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
Buoyed by that narrow escape, Paul then held to love to go 6-5 up, and suddenly the pressure was all on the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires, playing in his first ATP final.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Hers begins with her family’s narrow escape from an occupied village west of Kyiv in the early days of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
The duo only made a narrow escape, running from an Alpha in a heart-pounding chase sequence that boasts breathtaking experimental camerawork from Boyle.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025
On her face was the panicked look she had worn ever since they had arrived in New York three months ago after a narrow escape from the secret police.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
