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Examples
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“Very many hair-breadth escapes, such as daring sailors delight in, were his fortune.”
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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“Very many hair-breadth escapes, such as daring sailors delight in, were his fortune.”
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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Not so much as a hair-breadth empty in heaven, earth, or waters, above or under the earth.
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It appeared to me a ride of imminent dangers and hair-breadth escapes.
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“Very many hair-breadth escapes, such as daring sailors delight in, were his fortune.”
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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“Very many hair-breadth escapes, such as daring sailors delight in, were his fortune.”
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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She has the kind of brain power required for racing strategy, the steady nerves to ride very fast in tight formation, and the gumption to enjoy the hair-breadth precision required of a world-class rider.
Cell-Level Healing Joyce Whiteley Hawkes 2006
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The rest of his dare-devil adventures and hair-breadth escapes — how he attached himself to the Damascus caravan and journeyed with the pilgrims to Mecca in spite of the fiery heat and the scorching sands, how he braved many dangers and the constant dread of
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And the species of employment, which consisted only of picking oakum and beating hemp, afforded ample opportunities for the relation by his companions of the many marvellous exploits, cunning schemes, hair-breadth scapes, and successful stratagem for which the lives of each had been remarkable.
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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Drew us back from those darting misty arms even as they were a hair-breadth from us!
The Moon Pool 2004
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