squeaker

Example Sentences

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He had just 172 yards passing while splitting time with Horn in a season-opening win over South Dakota, then threw for 204 yards in a 23-19 squeaker over Middle Tennessee State.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Minnesota has given up 19 more points than it has scored, thanks to its squeaker victories and lopsided defeats.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

Cox had the distinction of winning the closest congressional race in the country, an 862-vote squeaker over Republican incumbent David Valadao.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2022

Polling suggests that the candidate they’re choosing to go with is Mark Ronchetti, a weatherman from Albuquerque who lost the 2020 Senate race in a surprisingly close squeaker.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2022

There was a little spring, and also a sort of squeaker, such as you have heard in toy bears or sheep.

From The Story of Calico Clown by Hope, Laura Lee