squeaker
Example Sentences
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It’s a squeaker, but “Spider-Verse” likely prevails for the simple reason that more people saw it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
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
But their 20-19 squeaker over the depleted Baltimore Ravens did little to suppress any lingering concerns about Stafford’s ability to win in the postseason.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2022
As one looks at his Punch one feels that such a being is either a squeaker or a mute.
From George Cruikshank by W. H. Chesson