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• Fans moaned in agony when DeChambeau missed his putt by inches on the third playoff hole.
  — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• Jairon McVea tracked him down and Jackson’s reach to the pylon missed by inches.
  — John Marshall, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2021
• Ten bullet holes blasted through the door and walls of the room at waist and head height, missing the officers by inches.
  — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022
• Wilson was almost at the perimeter of the airfield when, at last, the Moth rose lazily from the ground, clearing a hedge by inches.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2020
• South of Shreveport, a tree crashed through a home — missing a sleeping baby by inches.
  — CBS News, 31 Mar. 2022
• Pavelski and Robertson scored in the shootout for Dallas, while Hintz’s attempt slid through the crease, missing the net by inches.
  — Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022
• Valdez's lead still nearly slipped away in the seventh when Anthony Rendon missed a go-ahead homer by inches down the left-field line.
  — Greg Beacham, ajc, 8 Apr. 2022
• This is soccer by inches, with a team losing and gaining the ball within seconds.
  — Catherine Porter James Hill, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• Ryan Jeffers hit a single into left in an eight-pitch at-bat and Miguel Sanó missed a game-tying homer by inches as hit bounced off the top of the left-field wall.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 22 June 2021
• As Langford made his way through the haze and down toward the beach, he was struck by how the landscape had been blanketed by inches of dark, grayish soot.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
• The drive was extended by Bush making a four-yard run for a first down by inches on a fourth-and-four play from the Independence 28-yard line.
  — Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2021
• But Ruff survived—the puncture wound had missed his vitals by inches—and went on to have a legendary hunting career.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2020
• Powell’s shot hit the other side of the rim, missing by inches, and sending the sixth-place Blazers to 1-10 against teams ahead of them in the Western Conference standings.
  — oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2021
• Matches often come down to one goal, and winning can be decided by inches.
  — Kelyn Soong and Alexa Juliana Ard, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
• Spotting the Czech keeper some distance from his goal-mouth, Pelé attempted to score from well behind the half-line, missing by inches.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• Bontempo had parked his marked cruiser and was about to get out and put down a tire flattening device when the suspect sped straight at him, missing the cruiser by inches, police have said.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• However, the goal was ultimately called back after a lengthy video review found Morgan to be offside by inches.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2021
• The thief then drove directly at the officer’s marked police car and missed the vehicle by inches before escaping, police said.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2022
• In my own living room, my 15-year-old son meandered to the side during a VR boxing routine and threw a memorable right cross into the wall, missing a glass cabinet door by inches.
  — Peter Flax, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
• Yet Olmedo saved it by inches, thumping his chest in celebration after inbounding the ball.
  — Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
• After all, tennis matches at the highest level are usually decided by just a handful of points, and those points are decided by inches.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
• After narrowly missing a bases-clearing double by inches, Chapman grounded into an inning-ending double play on the very next pitch.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
• In the investigator’s report, two witnesses recalled him punting a basketball toward a group of players, missing one woman’s head by inches.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• In Windsor Locks recently, a detective narrowly escaped injury when a converter thief who was caught in the act drove directly at the officer’s marked police car, missing it by inches before escaping, police said.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 28 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024