just in the nick of time
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It built up those reserves just in the nick of time.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
So I can appreciate how overdue this Emmy nomination feels and really just in the nick of time before the series ends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
She qualified for Medicaid, and just in the nick of time: A few weeks earlier, she had been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic digestive disorder.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
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
Sobered by the force of the rising tempest, I realized that I’d gotten down the trickiest ground just in the nick of time.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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