narrow escape
Example Sentences
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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
Norris then had a narrow escape at the final corner when he got his outside front wheel on the grass turning in, and ran wide into the run-off area.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
United’s narrow escape sets up a second straight Manchester derby in the final against defending champion Manchester City, which beat Chelsea on Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
“We got through by the skin of our teeth...It was a narrow escape from a grave disaster,” Roosevelt wrote.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
