narrow escape
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Buoyed by that narrow escape, Paul then held to love to go 6-5 up, and suddenly the pressure was all on the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires, playing in his first ATP final.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Hers begins with her family’s narrow escape from an occupied village west of Kyiv in the early days of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
The duo only made a narrow escape, running from an Alpha in a heart-pounding chase sequence that boasts breathtaking experimental camerawork from Boyle.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025
A driver had a narrow escape after a roof was blown off a building in Belton, North Lincolnshire.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024
His trembling hand and the big scar on the underside of his arm were the result of a narrow escape from an attack—but not from a wild beast.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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