whisker

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If they want income, there’s a problem: Dividends on the S&P are only just over 1%—and only a whisker above their lowest ever, in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

There, after round one, the incumbent Socialist Mayor, Benoît Payan, is only a whisker ahead of RN candidate Franck Allisio.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Reform won the first one in Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire last May, beating Labour by a whisker.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

On Monday gold was sitting around $4,500, having peaked a whisker shy of $4,550 on Friday, while silver slipped to $77.50 after touching a record $80.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

I rubbed my chin to see how much that one whisker had grown in the time it took for him to get to Joey’s side of the car.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith