as in narrow escape
a barely successful escape from something undesirable
a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving
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Read: The near misses at airports have been telling us something
Statistically, for now at least, flying is still much safer than driving.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board said all of the data that shows the regular near misses and close proximity events at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was publicly available data.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
The research showed how squirrels use their musculoskeletal system to adjust their body position, dynamically absorbing the impact of landing with their forelimbs and altering their mass distribution to turn near misses into successful perches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
Two days ago there was a near miss to these premises and yesterday the premises was hit and today there was another hit, unfortunately with these casualties.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board said all of the data that shows the regular near misses and close proximity events at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was publicly available data.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
The research showed how squirrels use their musculoskeletal system to adjust their body position, dynamically absorbing the impact of landing with their forelimbs and altering their mass distribution to turn near misses into successful perches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
Two days ago there was a near miss to these premises and yesterday the premises was hit and today there was another hit, unfortunately with these casualties.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Near miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/near%20miss. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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