squeaker

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He had just 172 yards passing while splitting time with Horn in a season-opening win over South Dakota, then threw for 204 yards in a 23-19 squeaker over Middle Tennessee State.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Polling suggests that the candidate they’re choosing to go with is Mark Ronchetti, a weatherman from Albuquerque who lost the 2020 Senate race in a surprisingly close squeaker.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2022

The Red Raiders started 5-2 under embattled coach Matt Wells, but a squeaker of a loss to Kansas State gave athletic director Kirby Hocutt the opening necessary to fire him.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

That, along with a season-opening squeaker over a Tulane team that had to flee its campus to avoid Hurricane Ida, suggests this year’s Sooners might not be as playoff-ready as previous versions.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2021

Some of the salesmen stood by their laden carts ready, on the approach of a likely customer, to thrust a hand into the mass of swart animalism and extract a protesting squeaker.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart