come close to

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The men did not come close to the animals, and were quickly apprehended by zoo officials, said an official at Ichikawa Police who spoke with AFP on a traditional condition of anonymity.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

His insurance policy does provide some reimbursement for code upgrades, but he said it won’t come close to the costs the family is facing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The study’s authors found that ChatGPT doesn’t even come close to matching the predictive accuracy of a low-tech model that has been around for years.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The truly remarkable thing about Harden’s duds is that they didn’t even come close to registering as the worst postseason outings of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Now he was in danger of finishing the most important race he’d rowed without having come close to exhausting himself—the last thing any oarsman wants.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown