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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
• After a hit batsman and a walk, Broadhurst came up again and missed a grand slam by inches.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
• 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
• It's covered with a gel-like cooling cover, and the deep coils are surrounded by inches of foam to cradle you from head to toe.
  — Sarah Madaus, Allure, 14 Mar. 2024
• 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
• To get down to an interior volume of just below 3,000 gross tons and still keep to the owner’s wish list, the designers focused on shaving the interior’s measurements—sometimes reducing headroom by inches on specific areas.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 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
• In extreme cases, like in California’s agriculturally intensive San Joaquin Valley, elevations have plummeted not by inches, but by dozens of feet.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024