I was eating a green apple when I nearly stepped on the first one.
At the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Schwartz nearly stepped out in front of oncoming traffic.
Jumping unsteadily, Plushenko twice landed in a tilted position and nearly stepped out of a triple axel.
Once, I nearly stepped on a spitting cobra, and later I watched a giant monitor lizard lumbering along the edge of a pond.
(Reported cases of surfers nearly stepping on sharks to catch a wave are a clear case of natural selection at work).
Simmons' block of Wil Lutz's kick was scooped up by Parks, who nearly stepped out of bounds as he raced down the left sideline.
Don had already faced the void in a more literal fashion: immediately after his wife and budding protégée left work for the last time, he nearly stepped through an open elevator door with no elevator behind it.
With the fans in full fury, nearly stepping on him, Kidd got to his feet, still expressionless, and walked to the foul line while security guards rushed over at the urging of the referee Steve Javie.
Ryness even does impressions of batters taking pitches, like Derek Jeter's way of sticking his head out and nearly stepping across home plate as he looks an outside pitch into the catcher's glove.
After nearly stepping down in the face of paralyzing road blockades against his policies, President Carlos Mesa celebrated with thousands of other Bolivians who turned out to show their support for him.
And now, finally, I have nearly stepped over the threshold of my life into the deep abyss of the unknown darkness, only to be miraculously saved by the powers that be in order that I serve your further".
