close shaves

plural of close shave
as in narrow escapes
a barely successful escape from something undesirable the passengers in the jeep had a close shave when a mine exploded just a few yards away

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close calls
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  • With multiple overtime games, upsets and close calls, Week 2 provided a lot of reasons to shake up this week’s edition of The Athletic 136, just not at the top.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Then again, close calls against FCS teams – and Northern Colorado isn’t a particularly good FCS team – tend to look even worse in hindsight.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Close shaves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close%20shaves. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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