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near miss

noun as in near hit

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The 28-year-old Englishwoman’s rediscovery of her winning touch after a frustrating spell of near misses, suggests a brighter future for one of the game’s most natural talents.

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Only recently has the hurt from that near miss started to fade.

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It exists to be successful, to win trophies, This is something the country’s men have not achieved for 58 years, so something had to change after the recent near misses under Southgate.

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Lando Norris had two very near misses with the wall on his way to victory.

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“What we're seeing is a continued trickle of deaths - or serious near misses - from anaphylaxis that might be mitigated by this kind of change in legislation and policy,” he says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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