Examples of close call in a Sentence
We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
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However, in the prime of their careers, this wouldn't even be a close call.
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Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Both players and umpires also have informally raised the possibility of ABS including a buffer zone that would allow certain close calls to stand even if they are overturned by the system.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
A couple of close calls evoke iconic sequences, including one gruesome closing nod to the series’s highpoint, Final Destination 2.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2025
In the months since, multiple close calls and other crashes, as well as technology failures that led to delays and cancellations at Newark airport spurred officials to act.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 May 2025
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Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Both players and umpires also have informally raised the possibility of ABS including a buffer zone that would allow certain close calls to stand even if they are overturned by the system.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
A couple of close calls evoke iconic sequences, including one gruesome closing nod to the series’s highpoint, Final Destination 2.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2025
In the months since, multiple close calls and other crashes, as well as technology failures that led to delays and cancellations at Newark airport spurred officials to act.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 May 2025
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“Close call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20call. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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