as in narrow escape
a barely successful escape from something undesirable
a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving
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Recent Examples of near miss
Chicago Tribune The Trump administration wants to add fiber, wireless and satellite technology at more than 4,600 locations, replace 600 radars and increase the number of airports with systems designed to reduce near misses on runways.
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Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
The near miss by the large Apophis asteroid in April 2029 offers NASA a golden—and exceedingly rare—opportunity to observe such an object like this up close.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Social media users were left horrified by Rawls's near miss with the deadly cone snail, leading to more than 7,000 comments on her TikTok post.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Mickey Lotus, Pete’s son, was around for some of the near misses.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
The near miss by the large Apophis asteroid in April 2029 offers NASA a golden—and exceedingly rare—opportunity to observe such an object like this up close.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Social media users were left horrified by Rawls's near miss with the deadly cone snail, leading to more than 7,000 comments on her TikTok post.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Mickey Lotus, Pete’s son, was around for some of the near misses.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for near miss
Noun
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Like Charly, Kelly V. enjoyed a season 2 comeback by making the squad after a close call in season 1.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
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Advertisement That’s not to say there haven’t been close calls.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Meant to be used anywhere and everywhere, this delivers a smooth and close shave by reducing friction with allantoin and infusing skin with shea butter, glycerin and squalane for softness and moisture.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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The floating, vibrating head gave me a really close shave, especially with my shaving cream.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
16 May 2025
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“Near miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/near%20miss. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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