under the wire

Example Sentences

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“If New York transit workers got a raise, we got a raise. I was very lucky because the plan I’ve got now was canceled in 1977. I got in under the wire.”

From Seattle Times

The outcome was nearly the same - allowing the proposal to just make it under the wire for a key deadline that would have made the bill harder to take up in the Senate.

From Washington Times

Eeli Tolvanen completed the accuracy shooting challenge just under the wire, knocking down his last target as time ran out.

From Seattle Times

I’ve never forgotten my first sight of him almost 30 years ago, and now he’s back, power undiminished, this time at El Museo del Barrio in the survey “Juan Francisco Elso: Por América,” which, just under the wire, shoots straight to the top of my list of best exhibitions of 2022.

From New York Times

And she just slipped in right under the wire here.

From New York Times