tight
Example Sentences
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It was a tight one and plenty of Fulham fans would ask what happened to the tolerance level.
From BBC
"The whole secret is to hold them good and tight," she said.
From BBC
He did the same at the fifth to launch a run of three straight birdies, two-putting from 33 feet at the sixth and landing his approach in tight again at the seventh.
From Barron's
Kennedy prevailed in one of the tightest elections in history.
Rodriguez has cast herself as the architect of a new order while keeping tight control over how changes are carried out.
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