hairbreadth

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In a theater dependent on exaggerated storylines — hairbreadth escapes, implausible coincidences and either conclusively happy or disastrous endings — how can the momentousness of ordinary life be captured?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

We all finished, and within a hairbreadth of our goal times.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

On Wednesday, the campaign was just a hairbreadth away from reaching its goal of $1.7 million, thanks to 3,400 donors, roughly double the number in mid-December last year.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2020

Inside the cavity of the horse’s body, under a flashlight’s glare, one sees sinuous sections of cast bronze bolted together with such precision that the hairbreadth seams are almost invisible from the exterior.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2013

But the pebble fell short and dropped about a hairbreadth away from the cauldron.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi