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Er hat das Rennen ganz knapp gewonnen/verloren. He won/lost the race by a whisker.

Die Mannschaft stand ganz knapp vor dem Sieg. The team was only a whisker away from victory.

Sie stand knapp davor, gekündigt zu werden. She came within a whisker of getting fired.

Er wäre um ein Haar auf dem Operationstisch gestorben. He came within a whisker of dying on the operating table.

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