How to Use within a whisker of in a Sentence
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The hot streak has vaulted them into fourth place in the Pac-12 and within a whisker of the top two.
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Joe Freeman,
oregonlive,
5 May 2023
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Both at some point come within a whisker of catastrophe.
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John Domini,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2022
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After many years of failing even to make it out of committee, the bill came within a whisker of enactment last year.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
25 Jan. 2021
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Royce Newman off balance with a power rush and came within a whisker of hitting Love’s right arm on a pass play that was nullified by a penalty.
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Eric Branch,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Aug. 2022
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West Texas Intermediate came within a whisker of $85/barrel this week.
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John Navin,
Forbes,
23 Oct. 2021
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That coincided with a tumble in growth stocks, dragging the Nasdaq index to within a whisker of a bear market, down almost 20% from its November peak.
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James MacKintosh,
WSJ,
1 Feb. 2022
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On this Friday night, the Eagles put on a torrid fourth-quarter surge that came within a whisker of a monument victory before a buzzer-beating three-pointer sealed their fate.
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Chip Souza,
Arkansas Online,
25 Dec. 2021
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The researcher pointed to an October that is within a whisker of pre-pandemic activity.
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Patrick Frater,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2021
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And demand for European assets is so high that the currency is within a whisker of being more expensive than the dollar for the first time since funding pressures jumped earlier this year.
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Fortune,
11 Aug. 2020
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