Sentence examples for narrowly avoided a fall from inspiring English sources

After setting much of the running at Ascot, Cue Card (15-8) looked set to be usurped by Philip Hobbs's mount before he narrowly avoided a fall after failing to fully clear the penultimate jump.

While the country narrowly avoided a government shutdown in the spring of 2011, our current dilemma really begins with the debt limit crisis of the same year.

While Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown in 2011, the high-stakes political wrangling has become especially chaotic.

Among those identified so far were a 6-year-old, two active-duty servicemen, a 23-year-old community college student, a young man celebrating his 27th birthday, and a sports blogger who a month ago had narrowly avoided a shooting spree at a Toronto shopping mall.

He reportedly narrowly avoided a US drone strike in November 2014 aiming to kill him.

On Saturday the election commission said Mr Kenyatta had narrowly avoided a run-off by winning 50.07% of votes in a credible and transparent poll.

Two years later, Delaney narrowly avoided a general election loss to conservative talk radio host Dan Bongino.

Dutton last month narrowly avoided a no-confidence motion in parliament after a opposition-majority Senate inquiry found that he misled parliament about the saga.

Two years ago, he narrowly avoided a foreclosure auction on his rental property in Ladera Heights.

This year's event narrowly avoided a strike by stagehands and technicians who were seeking higher wages.

Last July Germany narrowly avoided a potentially deadly attack after a pair of suitcase bombs failed to explode on commuter trains.