squeaked

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson squeaked into power in a runoff election last spring, when voters chose the former teacher and union organizer by 15,000 votes.

President Biden won the popular vote by about 4.5% in 2020 and barely squeaked through the electoral college.

Hillary Clinton barely squeaked it out in 2016 over Donald Trump, and those on Trump’s 2020 team believed that it was in reach for them in that cycle too.

So far she’s squeaked by with money borrowed from her employer.

In his debut “Money Never Wakes,” Nathan Macintosh squeaked in rage over the obscene inequities of class in this country.