near miss
Example Sentences
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The two aircraft were within less than half a mile of each other horizontally at the time of the near miss and about 500 feet apart vertically, according to data from Flightradar24.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
There was one very near miss between Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls and Franco Colapinto's Alpine, and Norris and Russell both expressed concerns about them in racing on track, too.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
After a 2013 near miss between a helicopter and an airplane in the same location as the January crash, an internal working group recommended that the FAA change a specific helicopter route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
After the terror of the incident, Ulasewicz said the revelation that his plane was involved in a near miss changed his emotions to anger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
Tom was a master of the near miss.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
