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
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
We shoved the rockets into the bag and the bag under the bed and got the edges of Bobby Gene’s comforter pulled down just in the nick of time.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
