just in the nick of time
Example Sentences
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It built up those reserves just in the nick of time.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
A construction vehicle toppling, with its driver escaping a life-changing accident by jumping out just in the nick of time as Disney himself talks up how there have been very few accidents.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
Monday’s decision “comes just in the nick of time for the Dixie Valley toads, which are staring down the barrel of extinction,” said Patrick Donnelly, the center’s Great Basin director.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2022
Knowing that they’re about to be trapped underground when the explosion is triggered, Neil lowers a rope to the Protagonist and Ives, and pulls them out just in the nick of time.
From Slate • Sep. 3, 2020
Thankfully, the ruckus in the henhouse had summoned Dr. Westminster back from his rounds; he came jogging in just in the nick of time.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
