narrowly

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Appeared in the December 11, 2025, print edition as 'Oracle Results Narrowly Miss Mark'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Narrowly missing it will prolong the debate about whether she is fulfilling her promise to lead a government that delivers for people.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

Narrowly, that debate is just the latest iteration of a longstanding question about whether Europe should emphasize expanding its membership or the deeper integration of the present EU.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2024

Narrowly defeated in a GOP congressional primary, he took charge of the Nixon-Agnew campaign in Dutchess County, N.Y., in 1968 and was rewarded with a post as special assistant to the secretary of the treasury.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2021

Narrowly connected with their rites, the term has descended to the present day, as is decidedly shown in the French name of the mistletoe, le Gui, and as denoting the priesthood.

From Notes and Queries, Number 41, August 10, 1850 by Various