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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Two decades ago, the aviation industry encountered a similar difficulty in getting airlines to share information about crashes and near misses.
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Raj M. Shah, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2022
Torri Huske, driven by Tokyo near miss, gets her golden moment in Paris.
—Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
The former president is expected to make a speech to cap off the convention Thursday, with reports indicating that Trump plans to send a message of unity in the aftermath of his near miss.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 16 July 2024
July 11, 2024 12 min read A Saskatchewan farmer’s near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk
By Samantha Lawler
The e-mail arrived, like a bolt from blue, on the otherwise typical Thursday afternoon of May 9.
—Samantha Lawler, Scientific American, 11 July 2024
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Raj M. Shah, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2022
Torri Huske, driven by Tokyo near miss, gets her golden moment in Paris.
—Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
The former president is expected to make a speech to cap off the convention Thursday, with reports indicating that Trump plans to send a message of unity in the aftermath of his near miss.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 16 July 2024
July 11, 2024 12 min read A Saskatchewan farmer’s near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk
By Samantha Lawler
The e-mail arrived, like a bolt from blue, on the otherwise typical Thursday afternoon of May 9.
—Samantha Lawler, Scientific American, 11 July 2024
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